Biddle v. Willard

Application for a mandamus. The complaint is by Horace P. Biddle; and it states, that at the October election in 1852, William Z. Stuart was elected a judge of the Supreme Court, for the first' district, in the state of Indiana, for the term of six years from the 3d day of Janua/ry, 1853, and was commissioned; that he duly qualified and entered upon the duties of his office; that on the 4th day of August, 1857, he communicated to the Governor of the state his resignation of said office, in the following terms:

“ Hon. A. P. Willard, Governor:

“ Dear Sir: — I hereby resign the office of judge of…