State Ex Rel. Jones v. Farrar

The respondents claim that under Section 8, General- Code, they were entitled to hold over until the election and qualification of their successors, because the relators as officers-elect failed to qualify within the period of time required by law. The respondents rely upon the provisions of Section 7, General Code, as requiring qualification for the office and the provisions of Section 4242, General Code, as fixing the time within which the relators should have given their respective bonds in order to qualify for their respective offices, and the consequence for failure to do so.

Section 7,…