People ex rel. Murphy v. Hardy
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe district -court of the third district. The statutes were passed at different times. The first statute was passed January 3, 1853, and provided: “Annually on the first Monday in August there shall be a general election held in each precinct in the several counties for choosing all officers not otherwise provided for.”
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe district -court of the third district. The statutes were passed at different times. The first statute was passed January 3, 1853, and provided: “Annually on the first Monday in August there shall be a general election held in each precinct in the several counties for choosing all officers not otherwise provided for.” This section was inserted with sections 2018 and 2020 in a statute passed February 22, 1878, from which place they were inserted in the Compiled Laws of 1888, volume I.
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, J.:
From the agreed state of facts in this case, it appears that, at the August election at Salt Lake county, occur'ring m 1884 and 1886, one N. Y. Jones was elected collector of Salt Lake county. Jones resigned this office to the county court in November, 1886, shortly after his second election and before the expiration of his first term, without qualifying; whereupon the county court appointed Leonard G-. Hardy, the respondent, as such collector, for the unexpired term; “also for the term commencing June 1, 1887, and until his successor should be *70duly elected and qualified.” On Jime…
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