Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Quinn v. Lattimore

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1897PublishedCited by 30 opinions

ActioN of quo wcvrranto by the State, on the relation of J. H. Quinn against T. D. Lattimore, to tiy the title to the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Cleveland county, heard., on exceptions by both parties, to the report of the referee, before Bryan, J., at Spring Term, 1896, of Cleveland Superior Court. His Honor gave judgment for the •defendant and both parries appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

Fueches, J.:

This is an action of quo warranto brought for the purpose of trying the title to the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Cleveland county, resulting from the election of 1894. The case was referred by consent to Armstead Burwell, who filed his report to Spring Term, 1896, to which the defendant filed fifty-seven exceptions, and the plaintiff, by way of asignment of error, filed thirty-seven. The case presented to this court on appeal, including the report of referee, the Judge’s findings, exceptions and briefs, contains 368 pages of printed matter.

According to the referee’s…

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