Lindsey v. Attorney-General
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds county. Hon. John I. Guión, judge. At the March Term, A. D. 1854, of the Circuit Court of Hinds county, and on the 18th day of said month, David C. Glenn, Attorney-General of this State, on the relation of David N. Barrows, filed in said Court a petition in the following words and figures : Tiie State oe Mississippi, Hinds County.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds county. Hon. John I. Guión, judge. At the March Term, A. D. 1854, of the Circuit Court of Hinds county, and on the 18th day of said month, David C. Glenn, Attorney-General of this State, on the relation of David N. Barrows, filed in said Court a petition in the following words and figures : Tiie State oe Mississippi, Hinds County. Circuit Court, March Term, 1854. To the Hon. J. I. Guión, Judge of the Third Judicial District: David C. Glenn, Attorney-General of the State of Mississippi, and prosecuting on behalf of said State, in the behalf, on the…
1Opinion of the CourtFisher, J.
This was an information in the nature of a writ of quo warranto, exhibited in the name of the attorney-general, on the relation of David N. Barrows against Horatio H. Lindsey, in the Circuit Court of Hinds county, alleging, that the said Lindsey had usurped, and continued to hold, without authority of law, for a certain period, the office of clerk of the penitentiary of the State, and as incident thereto, the office of clerk of the Board of Inspectors of said institution.
The questions first presenting themselves for our consideration-, arise on the demurrer, which was filed to the information…
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