Moulton v. Scully
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Information dismissed with costs. This is an action of quo warranto, brought at the relation of Lewis W. Moulton, who claims to be sheriff of Cumberland County against Everett G. Scully, appointed to the office of sheriff, of Cumberland County by Hon. William T. Haines, Governor of Maine, upon the adoption of an address to him by both branches of the Seventy-sixth Maine Legislature, calling for the removal of said Lewis W. Moulton from said office; entered at the…
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On report. Information dismissed with costs. This is an action of quo warranto, brought at the relation of Lewis W. Moulton, who claims to be sheriff of Cumberland County against Everett G. Scully, appointed to the office of sheriff, of Cumberland County by Hon. William T. Haines, Governor of Maine, upon the adoption of an address to him by both branches of the Seventy-sixth Maine Legislature, calling for the removal of said Lewis W. Moulton from said office; entered at the April Term, 1913, of the Supreme Judicial Court for Cumberland County. The address to the Governor by the Legislature,…
1Opinion of the Court
Spear J,.
While the report of the proceedings in this case is. quite long and many questions of law and fact are raised by the relator, yet only three pertinent inquiries are involved.
The relator was elected and qualified as sheriff of Cumberland County for the term of office beginning January 1, 1913. On the second day of April following, the Senate and House of Representatives passed in concurrence the following resolve:
*431“STATE OF MAINE.
“Resolve in favor of the adoption of an address to the Governor for the removal of Lewis W. Moulton, Sheriff for the County of Cumberland.
“Resolved, That both…
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