Shelby v. Johnson

HEMPHILL, Chief Justice.

—A controversy having arisen between the parties in this cause in relation to the right to hold and exercise the office of judge of the First Judicial District, they mutually, and in writing, agreed to submit their conflicting pretensions to the arbitrament and decision of the Hon. A. Hutchinson, judge of the Fourth Judicial District, subject, however, to appeal to the Supreme Court of the Republic for final adjudication.

At the trial in the court below the following facts were admitted, viz: That presently after the organization of the Republic by a joint vote of both…