State v. Gray
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Stanley County. Hon. Lyman T. Boucher, Judge. Quo warranto by the State of South Dakota and John H. Fox against James E. Gray and Element L. Tomsik. Judgment •on the complaint ,and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOY, J.
It appears from the record that in Stamford township, Stanley county, two vacancies occurred in the board of township supervisors. One of said vacancies occurred in March, 1910, by reason of the failure of one Casper to qualify after elec-, tion. This vacancy was attempted to be filled by Fox and Whitfield, the remaining two supervisors, who, acting by themselves, without notice to the township justices of the peace, appointed defendant Gray to fill such vacancy. The other vacancy occurred in July, 1910, by the death of Whitfield, and was filled by Fox and Gray, acting as supervisors, who-…
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