State ex rel. Nourse v. Clarke

*567Opinion by

Beatty, C. J., Brosnan, J.,

concurring.

Proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto.

The relator, George A. Nourse, was elected Attorney General of the State of Nevada, in 1864, and entered on the duties of that office the fifth of December the same year.

At the November election, 1856, the defendant received the largest number of votes for the same office; soon after received his certificate of election and commission, and on the seventh of January, 1867, (the day fixed by law for the commencement of a new term of that office) having previously qualified, he entered on the performance…