Vaughan v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Virginia
On petition for a writ of habeas corpus of Alexander Vaughan, who was arrested in February, 1883, by the order of T. 2L Archer, who claimed the right to exercise the functions of mayor of the city of Petersburg, and on petition for a writ of habeas corpus of Marx Morse, who was arrested on the same day by the order of T. J. Jarrett, who also, at that time, claimed to be entitled to exercise the functions of such mayor.
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On petition for a writ of habeas corpus of Alexander Vaughan, who was arrested in February, 1883, by the order of T. 2L Archer, who claimed the right to exercise the functions of mayor of the city of Petersburg, and on petition for a writ of habeas corpus of Marx Morse, who was arrested on the same day by the order of T. J. Jarrett, who also, at that time, claimed to be entitled to exercise the functions of such mayor. The facts and the petitions of the rival claimants for the said office of mayor are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The agreed facts- of this case are as follows:
In the year 1881, the mayor of the city of Petersburg, who had been elected to the said office for the- term commencing the first day of July, 1880, resigned the said office of mayor, and at the regular meeting of the common council of said city, held on the 1st day of January^ 1882, F. H. Archer, a qualified person, was duly elected by said council to fill the vacancy in said office, occasioned by the resignation of the former incumbent, and the said Archer having been so elected, at once duly qualified to said office of mayor, and entered upon…
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