Buckingham v. State

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

This case in the final analysis depends entirely upon the applicability and validity of the Act of Assembly quoted in the statement of facts. It is conceded that Buckingham, at the time of his election as Mayor of Middletown, had every qualification as required by the Charter of the Town, and that his election was valid, unless, under the quoted Act of Assembly, he was ineligible to be a candidate for the office of Mayor of Middletown by reason of the fact that he was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace.

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