Howard v. Shoemaker

In May, 1869, Levi Sparks was elected to the office of mayor of the city of Jeffersonville, a city incorporated under the general law of the State with reference to the incorpation of cities, for two years, and took upon himself the discharge of the duties of the office. At the same time, in pursuance of an order of the city council, a city judge was elected for the same term, who took upon himself the duties of that office. On the nth day of January, 1871, before the expiration of the two years for which Sparks had been elected mayor, he was elected by the legislature a director of the…