State Ex Rel. Eberle v. Clark
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information in the nature of quo warranto to determine the title of the respondent to the office of judge of the City Police Court of the City of Hartford, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Tuttle, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the advice of this court. Judgment advised for the State.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
Article Fifth, § 3, of the Constitution of the State, as originally adopted, provides that “the judges of the Supreme Court of Errors, of the Superiour and inferiour courts, and all justices of the peace, shall be appointed by the General Assembly, in such manner as shall by law be prescribed. The judges of the Supreme Court, and of the Superiour Court, shall hold their offices during good behaviour; ... all other judges and justices of the peace shall be appointed annually.” Amendments have since been adopted affecting the manner of appointment and the tenure of office of the judges and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State v. CarrollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- Brown v. O'ConnellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1870
- People Ex Rel. Bledsoe v. CampbellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
- State Ex Rel. Morris v. BulkeleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
- People ex rel. Sweet v. WardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Adams v. RubinowSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
- Walkinshaw v. O'BrienSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
- Town of Cheshire v. McKenneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- L. Wayne Furtney v. Simsbury Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
- State Ex Rel. Barlow v. KaminskySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
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