State Ex Rel. McCarthy v. Watson

The issue in this case is whether the defendant has been duly appointed to the office of commissioner of motor vehicles as successor to the relator, hereinafter called the plaintiff. The trial court gave judgment for the plaintiff and the defendant has appealed. Section 1549 of the General Statutes provides': “The governor shall nominate and, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint, on or before May 1, 1933, and quadrennially thereafter, a commissioner of motor vehicles, who shall hold office for a term of four years from the first day of June in the year of his appointment and…