Alford v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court. ALEXANDER M. Duffie, Judge. The court erred in overruling appellant’s demurrer, and iu its declaration of law holding section 4309 of Sandels & Hill’s Digest constitutional. Const, art. 7, § § 38, 39; ib. art. 3, § 1; 32 Ark. 131; 45 Ark. 400; Const, art. 13, § 3.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is a proceeding, in the nature of a quo warrranto proceeding, to try the title of the appellant, J. W. Alford, to the office of justice of the peace of Hot Springs township, in Garland county, this state.
The respondent answered, denying that he had usurped said office. He sets forth his personal qualifications to hold the office, and claims that he was elected as such justice of the peace at the general election held September 4, 1900, and was commissioned as such on the 31st October, 1900, and duly qualified on the same day, and then entered upon, and has since continued to perform, the…
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