34-2004. JURISDICTION — CONTESTS OVER JUDICIAL OFFICES. The Supreme Court shall hear and determine contests of the election of judges of the Supreme Court and appellate court and judges of the district courts, and in case they shall disagree, the governor shall act with them in determining the contest, but no judge of the Supreme Court shall sit upon the hearing of any case in which he is a party. The appropriate district court shall hear and determine contests of the retention election of judges of the magistrate courts.
History:
[(34-2004) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 137; am. 1899, p. 33, sec. 124; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5029; C.S., sec. 7277; I.C.A., sec. 33-1704; am. 1982, ch. 209, sec. 2, p. 574.]