Warren v. State Ex Rel. Barnes

On the 6th day of January, 1932, the relator filed a petition in the court below, alleging, in substance, that he had been duly elected sheriff of Covington county at the general election on the 3d day of November, 1931, but that the appellant, William J. Warren, is in possession and discharging the duties of the office, and refuses to surrender it to him, and prayed that Warren be ousted from office, and that he (the relator) be put in possession thereof. The judgment of the court below was in accordance with the prayer of the bill.

The record discloses that the appellant and the relator were…