State Ex Rel. Bergin v. Fitzsimmons

1 Reported in 33 N.W.2d 854. Reuben E. Holmquist was elected court commissioner of Hennepin county, this state, at the general election held in November 1946. He died on May 14, 1947, while holding that office. Pursuant to M. S. A. 489.05, the district court of Hennepin county appointed intervener, Betty W. Washburn, to fill the vacancy so created. She qualified and has since that time acted as court commissioner. We held in State ex rel. Bergin v. Washburn, 224 Minn. 269, 28 N.W.2d 652, that the appointment was proper and that § 489.05 governed in filling the vacancy.

On June 16, 1948, Tom…