State ex inf. Hadley v. Corcoran
Supreme Court of Missouri
Quo Warranto. (1) The act, with emergency clause, was approved. April 11, 1879. It will he observed that the act does not in terms say that a jury commissioner shall he- appointed in 1879 and every fourth year thereafter, but it does require the appointment of the first commissioner within thirty days from April 11, 1879 (and Ashley Cabell was actually appointed on May 6, 1879) and fixes his term at four years from and after the 1st day of May, 1879. This is equivalent to…
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Quo Warranto. (1) The act, with emergency clause, was approved. April 11, 1879. It will he observed that the act does not in terms say that a jury commissioner shall he- appointed in 1879 and every fourth year thereafter, but it does require the appointment of the first commissioner within thirty days from April 11, 1879 (and Ashley Cabell was actually appointed on May 6, 1879) and fixes his term at four years from and after the 1st day of May, 1879. This is equivalent to fixing a four-year term involving a new appointment every fourth year. State ex rel. v. Pearcy, 44 Mo. 162; State ex rel.…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This is a proceeding by information in the nature of quo ivarrcmho filed by the Attorney-General to test the right of respondent to the office of jury commissioner of the city of St. Louis. There is no dispute as to' the facts in this controversy, hence there is no necessity for setting out in detail the agreed statement of facts disclosed by the record. The respondent in this case very clearly states the facts applicable to the question involved in this controversy.
On April 2,1903, the expiration of the term of the then jury commissioner of the city of St. Louis occurring on May 1, 1903, the…
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