Holmes v. Sikes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Quo warranto. Before Judge Spence. Worth superior court. April 23, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
An information in the nature of a quo warranto against Robert A. Holmes was filed in the superior court by Wooten, solicitor-general, on the relation of W. L. Sikes, after leave to file it had been duly granted. It was alleged in the information that at an election held for the office of mayor of the town of Sylvester, at which the relator and the defendant were candidates, the relator received a majority of the votes cast, and was duly commissioned as mayor; that on contest proceedings filed before the ordinary by the defendant, who was, prior to the election, the incumbent of the office, a…
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