State Ex Inf. Norman v. Ellis

These two cases were heard together. In the second ease, the Prosecuting Attorney of Stone County filed information in the nature of quo- warranto, alleging that- James A. Hall, January 3-, 1927, was Clerk of the County Court of- Stone County, and as such had a right to name and appoint a deputy clerk, and did appoint to that office, in violation of Section 13, Article XIY, of the Constitution of Missouri, Mabel Hall, his wife, by reason whereof the said James A. Hall forfeited his office.

In the first case, the information charged D. E. Ellis, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Stone County, 'with…