Osborne v. . Canton and Kinsland v. . MacKey

Two actions — the second (4936) in the nature of quo warranto to try title to office of tax collector of the town; of Canton, North Carolina, and the first (5059) to enjoin the town of Canton and its board of aldermen from paying to Way Kinsland, the relator in the second, salary as tax collector of said town claimed by him de jure for the period during which he alleges the office was wrongfully withheld from him by J. D. Mackey, defendant in the second action.

The two cases as stated in the caption in the record of this appeal are in reverse order of priority in point of time the actions were…