In the present case the election has been held and the result declared. The only question now open is whether the successful candidate shall be permitted to take his seat as a member of the house of representatives. The Constitution declares that each house of Congress "shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members." Art. I, § 5. This provision gives the house of representatives exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether the respondent is or is not disqualified from becoming a member of that body. State ex rel. McKusick v. Peers, 33 Minn. 81" court="Minn." date_filed="1885-01-06" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-ex-rel-mckusick-v-peers-7964640?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="7964640">33 Minn. 81, 21 N.W. 860" court="Minn." date_filed="1885-01-06" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-ex-rel-mckusick-v-peers-7964640?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="7964640">21 N.W. 860; State ex rel. Norwood v. Nelson, 141 Minn. 499" court="Minn." date_filed="1919-01-03" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-ex-rel-norwood-v-nelson-7979247?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="7979247">141 Minn. 499, 169 N.W. 788" court="Minn." date_filed="1919-01-03" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-ex-rel-norwood-v-nelson-7979247?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="7979247">169 N.W. 788; State ex rel. v. Crawford, 28 Fla. 441" court="Fla." date_filed="1891-06-15" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-ex-rel-fleming-v-crawford-4914369?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="4914369">28 Fla. 441, 10 So. 118, 14 L.R.A. 253; McDill v. Board, 36 Wis. 505; State ex rel. v. Judges, 40 La. Ann. 598" court="La." date_filed="1888-05-15" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-ex-rel-odonnell-v-tissot-7194684?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="7194684">40 La. Ann. 598, 4 So. 482; Dinan v. Swig, 223 Mass. 516" court="Mass." date_filed="1916-04-06" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/dinan-v-swig-6433539?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6433539">223 Mass. 516, 112 N.E. 91" court="Mass." date_filed="1916-04-06" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/dinan-v-swig-6433539?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6433539">112 N.E. 91; Wheeler v. Board of Canvassers, 94 Mich. 448" court="Mich." date_filed="1892-12-24" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/wheeler-v-board-of-canvassers-7936227?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="7936227">94 Mich. 448, 53 N.W. 914" court="Mich." date_filed="1892-12-24" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/wheeler-v-board-of-canvassers-7936227?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="7936227">53 N.W. 914; State ex rel. v. District Court, 50 Mont. 134" court="Mont." date_filed="1914-12-18" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-ex-rel-smith-v-district-court-8022104?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="8022104">50 Mont. 134, 145 P. 721" court="Mont." date_filed="1914-12-18" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-ex-rel-smith-v-district-court-8022104?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="8022104">145 P. 721; Sutherland v. Miller,79 W. Va. 796" court="W. Va." date_filed="1917-03-13" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/sutherland-v-miller-8178225?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="8178225">79 W. Va. 796, 91 S.E. 993" court="W. Va." date_filed="1917-03-13" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/sutherland-v-miller-8178225?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="8178225">91 S.E. 993, L.R.A. 1917D, 1040.
Any judgment rendered by the court upon that question would be both officious and nugatory.
Order affirmed.