State Ex Rel. Bozeman v. Hester

MERRILL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Colbert County in an action in the nature of a quo warranto. Mr. James T. Bozeman, the relator, charged in his complaint that there was no valid law authorizing the office of County Commissioner of Public Schools and in the alternative that if said office legally exists, the appellee unlawfully intruded into and holds the same.

Mr. Bozeman was elected and qualified as Superintendent of Education for Colbert County for a term of office beginning on July 1, 1951, and ending on June 30, 1955. At its Regular 1953…