FAIRBANKS v. PAVLIKOWSKI

Nos. 5270, 5271.

423 P.2d 401 (1967)

Ace FAIRBANKS, Petitioner, v. Joseph S. PAVLIKOWSKI, Justice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, Respondent. Yerker Elvira TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. Herman E. FISHER, Jr., Justice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Bryan, Public Defender, Robert G. Legakes, Deputy Public Defender, Las Vegas, for petitioners.

George E. Franklin, Jr., Dist. Atty., R. Ian Ross, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondents.


OPINION

COLLINS, Justice.

The above petitions were ordered consolidated for hearing and, in conference with the court, counsel for the respective parties stipulated the petitions might be construed as seeking quo warranto as well as prohibition, for the reason that if respondents have no jurisdiction, neither do they legally occupy the offices.

Petitioners were charged with crimes in the justice court of Las Vegas township, Clark County, Nevada....

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