State Ex Rel. Barnes v. Stillwell

This is a proceeding instituted by relators for the removal of the defendant, Stillwell, from the office of Justice of the Peace for Polk County. The Chancellor dismissed the hill and the relators have appealed.

The cause was heard by the Chancellor upon a stipulation of counsel, in lieu of proof. Some facts were stipulated as true, but as to the merits of the cause the stipulation recites that the three witnesses had given their testimony on the preliminary hearing for suspension, “and that said testimony may for the purpose of a final hearing in this cause be taken, deemed and treated as the…