State ex rel. Owens v. Fury

*2The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beasley, Chief Justice.

This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto, the question being whether the respondent is an intruder into the clerkship of the city of Trenton.

The record admits that he was duly appointed to such office by the mayor of that city, in accordance with the eighth section of the act of the last legislative session, entitled “An act concerning the government of certain cities in this state, .and constituting a municipal board of public works and other ^officers therein, and defining the powers and duties of such l-boards…