State ex rel. Dawson v. Meek

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

In November, 1911, Joseph Taggart, the county attorney of Wyandotte county, resigned on account of having been elected a member of the national house of representatives. The general statute (Gen. Stat. 1909, § 2235) provides that such a vacancy shall be filled by appointment by “the judge of the district *578court.” An act of 1909 (Laws 1909, ch. 112, Gen. Stat. 1909, §§ 2445-2458) provided for several divisions of the district court in counties having over 100,000 inhabitants, one judge to serve for each division, and all powers of appointment…