State ex rel. Law v. Saxon

Eaney, C. J.:

The “ amendment ” to the “ answer ” in this case is as follows :

That at the time of the election, November 6, 1888, and long prior thereto, the respondent was Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hernando county, and discharging the duties of the same, having taken the oath, given bond and received commission as provided by law.

That within the sixty days “ required by law ” for Clerks of the Circuit Court to qualify as 'such after election, and within ten or twelve days after the election of November 6, 1888, and upon respondent ascertaining that he was elected, he, through the mails,…