Pettigrew v. Bell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

This was a case agreed upon in a controversy to the Supreme Court without action.

“J. Edward Pettigrew claims to have been duly elected, according to law, to the office of school commissioner for the County of Florence, in the said State, and to be entitled to enter forthwith upon the possession and exercise of said office. Thomas E. Bell resists said claim.

“The following are the facts upon which the said controversy depends: In accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an act of the general assembly, entitled ‘An act to…