McDonnell v. State ex rel. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. O. Kyle. Quo warranto by the State on the relation of Thomas-W. Jones against A. McDonnell. Judgment for relator and respondent appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.
— Section 155 of the Constitution of 1901, “except as otherwise provided in this article,” fixes the term of office of the Chief Justices and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, circuit judges, chancellors, and judges of probate at six years. Section 156 makes other provision as to certain of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court to be elected in 1904, so that some of them shall hold for two and some for four years, thus fixing it so that all of them will not thereafter stand for election at the same time, but ultimately leaving the term of all of them at six years as fixed by the…
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