State Ex Rel. McCall v. Webb

Oivit, ActioN in the nature of quo warranto, heard upon the pleadings by Coble, J., at August Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of Buncombe County, for the recovery of the office of Solicitor of the Criminal Court of Buncombe County. The plaintiff in his complaint alleged, that under and by virtue of an Act of 1895, chap. 75, to establish a Criminal Circuit to be composed of the counties of Buncombe, Madison, Haywood and Henderson, an election was held in November, 1896, at which he was duly elected Solicitor of said Criminal Courts, and qualified accordingly, on January 1, 1897, for the term…