State ex rel. Low v. Towns
Supreme Court of Georgia
Application for a mandamus absolute. Decided by Judge Johnson, 22d March, 1850. This was an application for a mandamus to compel the Govern- or to issue a commission to the relator, John H. Low, as Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Henry County. The petition for a mandamus nisi set forth the following facts : On the second Monday in January,'1847, John H. Low was elected Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Henry County, and was duly commissioned and qualified.
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Application for a mandamus absolute. Decided by Judge Johnson, 22d March, 1850. This was an application for a mandamus to compel the Govern- or to issue a commission to the relator, John H. Low, as Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Henry County. The petition for a mandamus nisi set forth the following facts : On the second Monday in January,'1847, John H. Low was elected Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Henry County, and was duly commissioned and qualified. On the first Monday in January, 1849, Peter Z. "Ward and four others were elected Justices of the Inferior Court of Henry County. On the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Warner, J.
delivering the opinion.
This is an application on the part of John H. Low, the relator, for a mandamus nisi against Governor T owns, to show cause why he should not issue to him a commission as Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Henry County.
It appears from the record, that Low, the relator, was elected Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Henry County, in January, 1847, for the then ensuing two years; that in January, 1849, Low, the relator, claims to have been duly re-elected to the office by the old Court, for two years, and that James Pyron also claimed to have been duly…
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