Clark v. Mahan

John I. Purtle, Justice.

Harry Snowden was elected marshal of the city of Greenbrier in the 1978 general election. He was sworn in as marshal on January 1, 1979. On January 18, 1979, the city of Greenbrier enacted Ordinance No. 79-2 which established the city marshal’s office as appointive. On February 8, 1979, Jackie Griffin was appointed by the council as the marshal. The eligibility of each of the men who claimed to be marshal was contested in the Faulkner Chancery Court which ruled that the city had the right to change the office to an appointed one. However, the court held that the…