State ex rel. Baker v. Nichols
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of De Soto county. HoN. N. A. Taylob,.Judge. Quo warranto by the state on the relation of John Baker against E. S. Nichols. From a judgment for respondent relator appeals. The facts are fully-stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of De Soto county. HoN. N. A. Taylob,.Judge. Quo warranto by the state on the relation of John Baker against E. S. Nichols. From a judgment for respondent relator appeals. The facts are fully-stated in the opinion of the court. The facts are sufficiently stated in the briefs of the other attorneys in' the casé, and as this is a case on demurrer, are sufficiently stated in the information, I desire especially .to call the attention to the second paragraph of the allegation of the information “That on November 25,. 1912, W. P. Harris, sheriff and tax collector of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
On November 29, 1912, W. C. Harris,, sheriff and tax collector of De Soto county, died; his office deputy, E. S-Nichols, continued to discharge the duties of the office under the provision of section 3487 of the Code. Shortly after the death of Harris, the governor of the state, acting under section 103 of the Constitution, appointed relator to the vacancy in this office created by the death of Harris, and authorized him to discharge the duties thereof until the office should be regularly filled in the manner provided by law. He thereupon executed a bond and took the oath of office, but…
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