State v. Evans
Decision Date | 13 January 1902 |
Citation | 166 Mo. 347,66 S.W. 355 |
Parties | STATE ex inf. CROW, Atty. Gen., v. EVANS. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
2. Rev. St. 1899, § 9079, provides that in every county having a population of 10,000 the county court may make an order separating the offices of circuit clerk and recorder of deeds. Section 9080 provides that, if such order is made within 12 months next before the time provided for the election of a recorder, the governor of the state, on being notified by the county court, will appoint a recorder to hold office until his successor is qualified, and that the circuit clerk shall deliver to him all books and papers pertaining to the office of recorder. Held, on a petition showing that a county court had made such an order, and it appearing that the population justified the order, the court would award a writ of ouster against the circuit clerk, to compel him to deliver possession of the office of recorder to the governor's appointee; the clerk not having a vested right by virtue of his election to such office, entitling him to serve the full term for which he was elected.
Proceedings by the state, on the information of the attorney general, E. C. Crow, against William C. Evans, to oust the defendant from a public office. Writ of ouster awarded.
On the 27th day of November, 1901, the attorney general filed in this court the following information:
The writ having been duly served, the respondent, Evans, on the 21st day of December, 1901, filed the following answer and return:
The attorney general...
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