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SMITH v. ADAMS

No. 1498.

130 U.S. 167 (1889)

9 S.Ct. 566

32 L.Ed. 895

SMITH, v. ADAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George F. Edmunds and Mr. C.F. Palmer for the motions.

Mr. Samuel Shellabarger and Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson opposing.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

The designation of the county seat of a county in Dakota, or providing for its designation by popular election, was a matter properly belonging to the legislative department of the territorial government. It was not a matter by itself for judicial cognizance. But when the law of the Territory left the designation of a county seat to the voters of the county, and provided that the validity of the election could...

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