· 5/28/1993
Andersen v. Sundlun
Citations
- 625 A.2d 213
- 1993 R.I. LEXIS 152
- 1993 WL 180732
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the fixed term of years of an office created by statute continues to run even when the office is vacant
- holding that the appointment of the Executive High Sheriff for Providence County to a \term of years\ only fixed the term of the office, not the period the office holder would hold office
- \The term in no way depended upon who or how many persons occupied the office during that term\
- “The term was fixed by the statute that created the office [and the] term in no way depended upon who or how many persons occupied the office during that term.”
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