Harwood v. Wentworth
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZOHA. This was a contest as to the right to exercise the functions of the office of county recorder of Cochise county, Territory of Arizona.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZOHA. This was a contest as to the right to exercise the functions of the office of county recorder of Cochise county, Territory of Arizona. The defendant in error filed in the district court of the Eirst Judicial District of that Territory, holden in Cochise county, a petition alleging that, at a general election held in Arizona on the 6th day of November, 1894, he was duly elected to the office of county recorder of Cochise county, and thereafter, having first duly qualified, entered upon the discharge of his duties as such officer; that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
The statute which purports to be an act of the legislature of the Territory of Arizona, entitled “ An act classifying the counties of the Territory and fixing the compensation of officers therein,” and to have been approved by the Governor on the 21st day of March, 1895, not only appears in the published laws of the Territory, but is filed with and in the custody of the secretary of the Territory, and is signed, the parties agree, by the Governor, the President of the territorial Legislative Council, and the Speaker of' the territorial House of Representatives.
Is it competent to show, by…
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