Burnham v. Sumner
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Holmes County. Hon. ~W. B. Cunningham, Judge. The facts in this case are very plainly set forth in the opinion the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPeyton, C. J.
This is a writ of error from a judgment upon an information in tbe nature of a quo warranto.
*518The relator, Gr. M. D. Sumner, alleges, in his information, that on the 7th day of January, 1875, he was appointed by the state board of public education, superintendent of public education for Holmes county, and that his appointment to said office by said board of public education as aforesaid, was confirmed by the senate of the state of Mississippi, on the 20th day of January, 1875.
The respondent, Joseph Burnham, alleges in his answer, that on, the 7th day of November, 1872, he was appointed by said…
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