Dew v. Judges of Sweet Springs District Court
Supreme Court of Virginia
Samuel Dew, the appellant, on the 12th day of June, 1805, obtained from the General Court a rule upon the Judges of the Sweet Springs District Court, to shew cause why a mandamus should not issue, directing them to admit him to the office of Clerk of the said District Court; to which rule a return was made, 1 ‘that, at a Court held for the said District, on the 18th day of May, 1805, Samuel Dew produced *in Court a commission, signed by a majority of the Judges of the…
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Samuel Dew, the appellant, on the 12th day of June, 1805, obtained from the General Court a rule upon the Judges of the Sweet Springs District Court, to shew cause why a mandamus should not issue, directing them to admit him to the office of Clerk of the said District Court; to which rule a return was made, 1 ‘that, at a Court held for the said District, on the 18th day of May, 1805, Samuel Dew produced *in Court a commission, signed by a majority of the Judges of the General Court, appointing him Clerk of that District Court, in the room of Samuel Dew, senior, deceased ; also a certificate…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE TUCKER.
Dew, the appellant, obtained a rule from the General Court upon the Judges of the Sweet Springs District Court, to shew cause why a mandamus should not issue, directing them to admit him to the office of clerk of the said District Court; to which a return was made “that at a Court held for the said District, bn the 18th day of May, 180S, the appellant, Dew, produced in Court a commission signed by a majority of the Judges of thGeneral Court, appointing him Clerk of that District *Court, in the room of Samuel Dew, senior, deceased; also a certificate from the Clerk of Botetourt…
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