State ex rel. Jones v. Steele

This is a quo warranto proceeding to. determine whether appellee, Steele, has lawful authority to hold the office of tax collector of Dallas County.

There was a vacancy in the office of tax collector, which occurred on April 12, 1955, on account of the death of H. E. Kendrick who had been elected and qualified for a full term. Under the terms of an Act approved June 8, 1943, General Acts 1943, page 115, a tax collector for each county was due to be elected in November 1948, whose term of office was fixed at six years from the first day of October next after his election. — Title 41, section…