State Ex Rel. Markham v. Simpson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, in tbe nature of quo warranto, to determine tbe question of title to tbe office of City Attorney of Elizabeth City, N. C., tried by consent on tbe pleadings and facts admitted before Kerr, J., at September Term, 1917, of Pasquotank. There was judgment for defendant, and relator and plaintiff, having duly excepted, appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
Chapter 341, Private Acts of 1915, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate tbe charter of Elizabeth City,” as a basic proposition, vests the government of the city in a board of aldermen consisting of eight members, two from each of the four wards, to be elected by the voters of the wards, respectively, the election to be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1915, and every two years thereafter, to hold their positions for the term of two years and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified, “and to be installed” on the first Monday in June following their…
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