State Ex Rel. Sneed v. Bullock
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action in the nature of a quo warranto, tried at Spring Term, 1878, of Granville Superior Court, before Seymour, J. The case states : One James I. Moore was elected sheriff of- Granville in August, 1874, for two years, and was inducted into office on the first Monday in September following.
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Civil Action in the nature of a quo warranto, tried at Spring Term, 1878, of Granville Superior Court, before Seymour, J. The case states : One James I. Moore was elected sheriff of- Granville in August, 1874, for two years, and was inducted into office on the first Monday in September following. In September, 1875, he failed to exhibit his tax receipts and renew his bond, and the commissioners declared the .office vacant and appointed the plaintiff, Richard G. Sneed, to fill the same, who gave bond and was inducted into office. In September, 1876, Sneed renewed his bond and continued to act…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, O. J.
The relator derives his title to the office of sheriff under an appointment made by the commissioners in September, 1875, to fill the residue of the term of J. I. Moore, which had become vacant by reason of his failure to exhibit the proper tax receipts required by Bat. Rev., cb. 106, § 5'. The term which would have expired on the first Monday in September, 1876, was protracted, in the act changing the election from August to November, until the first Monday in December. Section 6 is in these words: “ All officers whose terms of office would expire, did the election occur on the…
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