Warnock v. City of Lafayette

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Eustis, C. J.

The petition alleges that the plaintiff was duly elected, on the 3d of May, 1847, harbor master for the city of Lafayette, for the term of one year, and that he discharged the duties of the office until the 29th of November, 1847, when he was suspended from office by the mayor and city council of said city; and that, on the 15th day of December, his said office was declared vacant; that, at a new election ordered by said mayor and city council, E. Adams was elected to said office, and has performed the duties since the 30th of December,…