State Ex Rel. Gower v. Carter

Tbis is a civil action in the nature of quo warranto, to try the title to the office of mayor of the town of Clayton, Johnston County.

In Harkrader v. Lawrence, 190 N. C., at p. 442, it is said: “This is the method prescribed for settling a controversy between rival claimants when one is in possession of the office under a claim of right and in the exercise of official functions or the performance of official duties; and the jurisdiction of the Superior Court in this behalf has never been abdicated in favor of the board of county canvassers or other officials of an election. Rhodes v. Love,…