Foltz v. Kerlin

Elliott, J. —

John G. Kerlin, the appellee, received a majority of the votes cast at an election held on the 7th day of April, 1884, for the office of trustee of Princeton township. The term of the office to which he was elected began on the 14th day of April, 1884, and on that day he entered into the office. At the time he was elected, he was the postmaster at the town of Seafield in that township, and was receiving, as such officer, a compensation of more than $200 per annum; he did not vacate the office of postmaster, but, on the contrary, he retained it, and was holding it at the time this…