Jameson v. Hudson

Citations

• 82 Va. 279
• 1886 Va. LEXIS 30

Syllabus

<p>1. County Court Judges—Vacancies—Term.—A judge of a county court, elected to fill a vacancy, is elected not for a full term of six years, but for that portion of the constitutional term of six years that may not have expired. The words “term of office” refer to the tenure or duration of the office, and not to the incumbent.</p> <p>2: Idem—Case atbar.—Pulaski having less than 8,000 inhabitants, and being, therefore, attached to Wythe, one judge was elected to hold the office of judge in both of those counties for a term of six years, which began January 1, 1880, and ended December 81,1885. When Pulaski was separated from Wythe in 1882, oniy a portion of that term had expired. H. A. Jameson was elected to hold the office of county judge of Pulaski for the remainder of that term, and Isaac Hudson was elected to hold that office for the next ensuing term of six years. Upon petition of Jameson, filed after 31st December; 1885, for a peremptory mandamus to compel Hudson to surrender that office to the petitioner—</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>The mandamus must be denied.</p>