Monash v. Rhodes

This is a controversy between Monash and Rhodes over title to the office of a member of the board of public works. The form in which the controversy presents itself is not a suit which directly involves the title in the sense that Rhodes is seeking to obtain possession of an office which Monash illegally holds, but it involves the title because it is a claim made by Rhodes against Monash for usurping, occupying, and enjoying that office for a term to which Rhodes claims he was entitled. There is no evidence exhibited in the abstract. We therefore take it, the matter was submitted to the trial…