State v. County Election Board of Comanche County

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
State v. County Election Board of Comanche County, 69 P.2d 35 (Okla. 1937)
180 Okla. 334; 1937 OK 232; 1937 Okla. LEXIS 410
Osborn, Bayless, Phelps, Gibson, Hurst

State v. County Election Board of Comanche County

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

On the 28th day of April, 1934, plaintiff filed a proceeding against the county election board of Comanche county, Okla., seeking a writ of mandamus to declare him the holder of an of Bce as councilman of the city council of the city of Law-ton, in one of the several wards of that city. We are of the opinion that this proceeding must be dismissed under the rule announced in Edwards v. Welch, 29 Okla. 335, 116 P. 791; Hudson v. Moore, 169 Okla. 12, 35 P. (2d) 886; Revard v. Givens, 139 Okla. 60, 281 P. 233. In Hudson v. Moore, supra, it is said;

“When the question presented by an appeal has become moot, the appeal will be dismissed.”

Therein it is pointed out that the term of office actually involved in the proceeding ended in 1933, and that when the term of office had expired the office was properly filled at the biennial city election in the spring of 1930.

Under the holdings of the above cases, if, as a matter of law, the writ should have originally been granted, the term of plaintiff expired in the spring of 1936.

The appeal is therefore dismissed.

OSBORN, C. J., BAYLESS, Y. C. J., and PHELPS, GIBSON, and HURST, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
State Ex Rel. Dorland v. County Election Board of Comanche County.
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published