Sawyer v. Haydon
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the Territory of Nevada, Hon. Geoege Tuenee presiding. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the Territory of Nevada, Hon. Geoege Tuenee presiding. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the Court. The appellant made the following points : Fwst — That the general policy of the Territorial laws was to make all offices elective, as far as practicable, and when a case of necessity arose requiring the temporary appointment of an elective 6fficer, that appointment should not extend, and was not by law intended to extend, beyond the next general election, when the people would have an opportunity of…
1Concurrence
Opinion by
Beatty, J.,
full Bench concurring.
This case c¿fihe before the District Court of Ormsby Comity as an agreed case, under the following circumstances:
At the September election, 1863, Samuel D. King, Esq., was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Ormsby Comity, and held the office until the 3d day of October, 1863, when he resigned, and T. D. Edwards, Esq., was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners to fill the vacancy. Edwards held the office until the 10th day of February, 1864, when he resigned, and the defendant (respondent) was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by this…
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