State ex inf. Crow v. Evans
Supreme Court of Missouri
Quo Warranto. The respondent bas no sucb vested right in the office of circuit clerk and ex officio recorder of deeds as to prevent the county court from dividing the two, thereby creating the office of recorder of deeds separate and distinct from that of circuit clerk.
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Quo Warranto. The respondent bas no sucb vested right in the office of circuit clerk and ex officio recorder of deeds as to prevent the county court from dividing the two, thereby creating the office of recorder of deeds separate and distinct from that of circuit clerk. R. S. 1899, secs. 9079, 9080. The above provisions of statutory law were in existence prior to the election of respondent to the office of circuit clerk and ex officio recorder, and even though it should be held that an office is a contract and such character of property as would give the holder a vested right thereto, it…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
On the twenty-seventh day of November, 1901, the Attorney-General filed in this court the following information:
In the Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2, October Term, 1901.
State of Missouri, ex mformatione,
Edward C. Crow, Attorney-General,
vs.
William C. Evans.
Comes now Edward C. Crow, Attorney-General of the State of Missouri, and informs the court that one William C. Evans has without any legal rights or authority whatsoever since the ninth day of November, 1901, unlawfully usurped, used, held and exercised the office of recorder of deeds within and for the county *350of Crawford in said…
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