Williams v. Clayton
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the District Court of tbe third judicial district and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
BoheMAN, J.:
On the 13th day of March, 1886, the plaintiff, P. L. Williams was appinted and commissioned Superintendent of District Schools for Utah Territory by the Governor of the Territory. He claimed to be such superintendent until the 3d day of April, 1887, when the office was abolished by an act of congress, and by that act the office of coihmissioner of schools was created, to be filled by appointment of the supreme court of the territory. The plaintiff was by the supreme court appointed to the office of commissioner of schools on the 2d day of April, 1887. The legislature in March,…
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