State ex rel. Swain v. Creasman

Any justice of the peace appointed by the resident judge of a judicial district, after due notice and hearing, may be “removed from office by the resident judge of the superior court of the district in which the county is situated, for misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance or other good cause.” G.S. 7-115.

The evidence and findings of fact by the court below warrant the conclusion that before the respondent was originally appointed a Justice of the Peace for Asheville Township in Buncombe County, North Carolina, in August 1956, Alex P. Digges was the duly elected, qualified and acting…