State Ex Rel. Weitz v. Preston

The opinion of the court was delivered bjr

Perskie, J.

The relator, Carl Weitz, claiming the right to act as general manager, trust officer and title officer of the ClifEside Park Title and Guarantee and Trust Company, obtained a rule to show cause why a writ of quo warranto, &c., should not issue directed to the respondent, Joseph A. Preston, to show by what warrant he holds, &c., the same offices.

The record discloses that on February 4th, 1933, the board of directors of the bank adopted a resolution “that Mr. Joseph A. Preston be engaged as general manager for one week and from week to week…