State ex rel. Morley v. Johnson

The material facts stated in the relator’s complaint are these: Johnson was the auditor of Tippecanoe-county in April and November, 1878, and his co-appellees were sureties on his official bond. The relator was eligible to 'the office of trustee of Fairfield township, and was a candidate for that office in the spring of 1878. There were three candidates voted for at that election, the relator, Daniel Mueller and Michael Gallagher. The latter was ineligible because he had held the office for two consecutive terms immediately preceding the election. The candidates respectively received of the…