State ex rel. Coogan v. Barbour
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information in the nature of a writ of quo warranto, filed in'the Superior Court in Hartford County The information set forth that it was provided by the law of the state and by the charter and ordinances of the city of Hartford that a meeting of the entire Court of Common Council in joint convention should be holden yearly on the second Monday after the annual city election, for the choice of a prosecuting attorney for the city and of other city officers; that on April…
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Information in the nature of a writ of quo warranto, filed in'the Superior Court in Hartford County The information set forth that it was provided by the law of the state and by the charter and ordinances of the city of Hartford that a meeting of the entire Court of Common Council in joint convention should be holden yearly on the second Monday after the annual city election, for the choice of a prosecuting attorney for the city and of other city officers; that on April 20th, 1885, being the second Monda}*after the annual city election for that year, a meeting of the entire Court of Common…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The charter of the city of Hartford provides that the Common Council, in joint convention, shall appoint a prosecuting attorney, but gives no direction as to the mode of appointment. The convention therefore is at liberty to proceed as it pleases, by ballot, by resolution, by the adoption of a verbal motion or in any other manner. In this case a member moved that the convention proceed to ballot for a prosecuting attorney, and the motion prevailed. Thereupon a ballot was taken and the relator had a clear majority of all the votes cast, and of the whole convention. After the result was…
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