State ex rel. Pierson v. O'Connor
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On quo warranto. On demurrer to information. The facts appear fully in the opinion of the court. Argued at June Term, 1891, before' Beasley, Chief Justice, and Justices Van Syckel, Knapp and Garrison.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Knapp, J.
The relator was appointed to and served in the office of clerk of the First District Court in the city of Newark. When the judge who appointed- him went out of office and was succeeded by the present incumbent, the defendant was chosen by the present judge of that court to the office of clerk, and is, after due installment, p'erforming'its duties.
The act constituting District Courts in the city of Newark (Pamph. L. 1873,p. 246) provides that “the clerk of each of said courts shall be appointed by the judge thereof,- and shall hold his office…
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