Yerger v. State ex rel. Brown
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the circuit court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. The state of Mississippi by its attorney-general, on the relation of James. Brown, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Yerger, appellant, was defendant there. Prom a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The proceeding was by quo warranto to determine the right of Yerger to the office of clerk of the board of trustees of the state penitentiary.
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Prom the circuit court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. The state of Mississippi by its attorney-general, on the relation of James. Brown, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Yerger, appellant, was defendant there. Prom a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The proceeding was by quo warranto to determine the right of Yerger to the office of clerk of the board of trustees of the state penitentiary. The defendant demurred to the information, but the- demurrer was overruled. Defendant declined to plead further and final…
1Opinion of the Court
Mayes, L,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a quo warranto, brought by the attorney-general of *812the state, on relation of James Brown. The facts stated in the petition are as follows, viz.:
It is alleged that under the laws of the state of Mississippi the board of trustees of the penitentiary was constituted on the 1st day of January, 1907. On that date the relator was elected secretary and clerk of the board as provided by law;, that he held his office from the 1st day of January, 1907, until the 31st day of December of the same year, when the term of office for which he had been…
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