Crater v. County of Somerset

Smith, Joseph L., S. C. C.

This comes on a motion to strike the answers and various defenses filed in each of the above cases, upon the ground that they are in part sham, in part insufficient in law, and in part frivolous, impertinent and scandalous. All three cases involve the same principles and will be discussed jointly.

The plaintiffs, Messrs. Crater, Sutphen and Yail, are clerk, surrogate and sheriff, respectively, of the county of Somerset, *134having been elected to their offices on November 2d, 1937, and having qualified for office on November of that year. They sue for balances of salaries…