Beale v. State ex rel. Gray

The case is briefly this: On the 4th day of September, 1874, the county treasurer vacated his office, whose term had commenced on the 26th day of August, 1873, and would have continued till the 26th day of August, 1875, had he not vacated it. On the day of the vacation, the board of county commissioners filled the office, and said in their order of appointment that the appointee should hold the office to the end of the term that had been vacated. The Governor, however, commissioned the appointee to hold the office till a treasurer should be elected and qualified. At the regular October…