Clark v. Tawes

The appellant was appointed an associate judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of this State and served as such under appointment from May 20, 1935, to December 20, 1938. He was never elected. At the time of his retirement, he was not quite 64 years of age. He reached the age of 70 on March 21, 1945. During the period of his service there was in effect Chapter 236 of the Acts of 1904 which provided, among other things, that every judge of the circuit court for any of the counties, attaining the age of 70 years while in office, after having served the 10 preceding consecutive years, and every…