Privette v. Grinnell

Order of Judge Bide follows :

The late J. Hart Coker was regularly elected sheriff of Darlington County for the term of four years at the general election held in the year 1936. He died on or about the 19th day of January, 1938, and C. A. Grinnell, the defendant above named, was appointed by the Governor to' fill the vacancy so created.

The plaintiff above named, J. Peele Privette, was nominated for the office of sheriff of Darlington County at the Democratic primary held in the year 1938, and was declared elected to this office at the general election held in 1938. The Governor issued a…