Quesinberry v. Hull

On September 10, 1930, William Kent Howlett, trial justice of Carroll county, at the instance of A. J. Hull, issued a civil warrant against the petitioner, Isaac Quesinberry. On that warrant the justice gave judgment against Quesinberry in the sum of $4.00. After a controversy, not relative to the issue here, it was on appeal heard by the Circuit Court of Carroll county, without the intervention of a jury. That court was of opinion that the justice was a duly elected officer under a valid constitutional provision, and confirmed his judgment.

This act of the General Assembly was approved March…