Keenan v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Essex

Antell, J. C. C.

(temporarily assigned). Plaintiff John B. Keenan is the commissioner of registration and superintendent of elections of Essex County. In this action in lieu of prerogative writs both he and co-plaintiff, Lester E. Mahr, seek relief from certain refusals of the county treasurer and the county board of chosen freeholders to pay Mahr’s salary under appointments of the commissioner of registration. The refusals are defended on the ground that the appointments are unauthorized.

A member of the New Jersey bar since 1924, Mahr was appointed counsel to the commissioner of registration…