State Ex Rel. Sellers v. Huntley

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

At its 1932 session the Legislature passed an Act (37 Stat. at Large, p. 1275), providing, inter alia, for the election of school trustees in Chesterfield County. Section 3 reads as follows: “The terms of all school trustees now holding office in Chesterfield County shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1932, or as soon thereafter as their successors, as herein provided for, shall qualify, whether district trustees or high school trustees. On the second Tuesday in April, 1932, and every two years thereafter, an election shall be…