McAffee v. Russell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Osr appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county; Hon. John J. Guión, judge. At a regular session of the legislature for 1852, on the fourth day of February of said year, John Duncan was elected superintendent of the State penitentiary for the term of two years. He soon resigned his office. On the 29th April, 1852, Governor Foote appointed F. L. Swann to fill the office for the unexpired term of John Duncan.
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Osr appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county; Hon. John J. Guión, judge. At a regular session of the legislature for 1852, on the fourth day of February of said year, John Duncan was elected superintendent of the State penitentiary for the term of two years. He soon resigned his office. On the 29th April, 1852, Governor Foote appointed F. L. Swann to fill the office for the unexpired term of John Duncan. At a called session the legislature elected Swann for the term prescribed by law, namely, on the 14th day of October, 1852. On the 18th day of January, 1854, E. P. Russell was elected at…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smith
'Elijah P. Russell, the appellee, filed his petition in the circuit court of Hinds county for a writ of mandamus, to compel the auditor of public accounts to issue a warrant in his favor, for' an amount alleged to be due him on account of his salary as superintendent of the penitentiary from the 13th of January to the 15th of October, 1854. The defendant answered under a rule of court; and an order was made for a peremptory mandamus against him; from which an appeal was taken to this court.
The facts of the case are as follows: John Duncan was elected superintendent of the penitentiary on the…
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