State Ex Rel. Barnhill v. Thompson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actiou in the nature of quo warranto to try the title o’f the defendant to the office of County Commissioner, heard before Allen, J., at Spring Term, 1898, of Bladen Superior Court.
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Civil actiou in the nature of quo warranto to try the title o’f the defendant to the office of County Commissioner, heard before Allen, J., at Spring Term, 1898, of Bladen Superior Court. His Honor, by consent, found the facts as set out in the opinion and rendered a judgment as follows: ‘•This cause coming on for trial and a jury trial being waived, after finding the facts, and the Court being of the opinion that the duties of a member of the Board of Education are not incompatible with the duties of a member of the Board of County Commissioners, and that the defendant did not forfeit his…
1Opinion of the Court
Faikcloth, C. J.:
The facts in this case were found by his Honor, by consent, and are as follows: “The defendant was duly elected a county commissioner for Bladen County at the general election held in 1896 and duly qualified as such on the 1st Monday in December, 1896, and has since continued to hold the office, and now holds and exercises the duties thereof. Cn the 1st Monday of June, 1897, the defendant was elected by the duly constituted election board a member of the Board of Education for Bladen County and qualified as such member by entering upon the discharge of the duties thereof and…
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