Yonkey v. State ex rel. Cornelison

This was an information under the statute, in the form of a quo warranto, in the name of the State, on the relation of Cornelison, against Yonkey and Sims, to determine the right to the office of recorder of Clinton county.

The information is in three paragraphs. The first of these alleges, in substance, that the defendant, Yonkey, was duly elected recorder of said county in October, 1860, and after said election was duly qualified and entered upon the duties of said office, which he continued to discharge until about the 1st day of December, 1863, at which time he vacated said office by…