Widincamp v. Wood

This is not a contested-election case, but is a quo warranto proceeding to contest the eligibility of the incumbent after his election and induction into office. The incumbent being in office and completely eligible to hold the office at the time of the decision of the court, it would seem to be useless and unreasonable to oust him, and thereby defeat the wishes of the people as expressed at the polls, purely on the ground that he was ineligible to hold the office at the time he was elected. This does not conflict with the decision of this court in the case of Crovatt v. Mason, 101 Ga. 246…