FOSTER v. KANSAS

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112 U.S. 201 (1884)

5 S.Ct. 8

28 L.Ed. 629

FOSTER, v. KANSAS, ex rel. JOHNSTON, Attorney-General.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 27, 1884.

Decided November 10, 1884.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. Hallett Phillips for the rule and against the motion to dismiss or affirm.

Mr. A.L. Williams (Mr. Garver and Mr. Bond were with him) for the State of Kansas contra.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE, on the 27th of October, delivered the opinion of the court on the matter of the rule.

The showing under this rule presents the following facts: The Supreme Court of Kansas rendered a judgment on the 1st of April, 1884, removing Foster, the plaintiff in error, from the office of county attorney of Saline County. A statute of the State makes it the duty of the judge of the District Court of a county to fill the office of county attorney when...

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