Legal Opinion

Clayton v. Green

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided February 15, 1898Published

On rule to show cause. On information filed in the name-of the attorney-general in quo warranto proceedings.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Depue, J.

This information was filed in the name of the' attorney-general by Arthur W. Clayton, who claims the office-of" director of the board of chosen freeholders of Hudson county.

The information sets out that the board of chosen free-holders of the county of Hudson met on December 7th, 1896, for organization, and that at the said meeting the relator was-duly elected director of the board and qualified as such, and is lawfully entitled to said office, and that William Green, who was also a member of the board of chosen freeholders, usurps and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People Ex Rel. McCann v. . KilbournNew York Court of Appeals · 1877

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