Bozeman v. Laird
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the circuit court of Jefferson Davis county. Hon. Wíley H. Potter, Judge. Bozeman, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Laird, appellee, defendant there. Erom a judgment in defendant’s favor plaintiff appealed to the supreme court.
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Erom the circuit court of Jefferson Davis county. Hon. Wíley H. Potter, Judge. Bozeman, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Laird, appellee, defendant there. Erom a judgment in defendant’s favor plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. The county of Jefferson Davis was created in 1906; an election was held in the new county in July of that year and county officers were elected to hold their offices until January 1, 190.8. The appellee was elected sheriff at the election, and held the office thereunder. At the regular county election in November, 1907, he was a candidate for…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The only question presented in this case of any consequence is whether Laird was ineligible to succeed himself as sheriff of Jefferson Davis county, because he had served the full statutory term of the first sheriff of the county; that being, however, only one and one-half years, which was the length of the term of the first sheriff for this new county. We think it can make no difference that this was the term of the first sheriff of the county, made eighteen months by statute. It is true it is the full length of the first term, so fixed by law; but the office of sheriff is a constitutional…
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