19 Mo. 339 | Mo. | 1854
delivered the opinion of the court.
Skaggs applied to the Circuit Court of Clay county, for a mandamus to the clerk of the county court, requiring him to issue to Skaggs a certificate of his election as sheriff of that county. The Circuit Court refused to issue the mandamus, and Skaggs appeared before the clerk of the Circuit Court, and prayed an appeal to this court.
The appeal of Skaggs will be dismissed,