Hammer v. Commonwealth ex rel. Hoover

Charles A. Hammer, Jr., obtained this writ of error to a judgment of the trial court, entered in a proceeding upon an information in the nature of a writ of quo warranto, declaring that he had no title to the office of city justice of peace for the city of Harrisonburg.

In February, 1937, Lawrence H. Hoover, for and in the name of the State of Virginia, sought and obtained leave of the trial court to file his petition and an information in the nature of a writ of quo warranto against Charles A. Hammer, Jr. The material facts alleged in.the petition and information may be stated as follows:…