People ex rel. Shafer v. Moody

This is an- action in the nature of a quo warranto, brought in the name of the attorney general, to oust the defendant from the office of trustee of the Second ward of the village of Oneonta, in the county of Otsego, and to adjudge the relator, Albert Shafer, entitled thereto, upon the ground that the defendant has *607wrongfully entered into and unlawfully withholds the said office from the relator. The defendant is in possession of the office, under the claim that he was duly elected thereto at the annual village election held on the 9th day of March, 1896. The defendant was the candidate for…