State ex rel. Attorney-General v. Cheevers

The opinion of the Court£was^delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

Charging the ineligibilityt of the defendant to the ofQ.ce of judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial District, the Attorney-General has instituted these proceedings against him, before the court of his domicil, to prevent him, for that cause, from entering upon the ■discharge of the functions of that office.

To justify such a demand, grave charges were preferred against him, under the provisions of article 171 of the constitution.

At the instance of the State, a preliminary injunction issued, but was afterward dissolved by this Court. 32 A.…