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Norton Vs. Shelby County

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 10, 1886

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  1. Post Vs. Supervisors US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1881
  2. Claiborne County Vs. Brooks US Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1884
  3. Cocke Vs. Halsey US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1842
  4. Wadsworth Vs. Supervisors US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1880
  5. Norton v. Shelby
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  6. County - 118 U.S. 425 (1886) U.S. Supreme Court Norton v. Shelby
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  7. County, 118 U.S. 425 (1886) Norton v. Shelby
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  8. federal courts. Page 118 U. S. 426 Following the decision of the highest court of the Tennessee in Pope v. Phifer
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  9. as those conferred upon the Commissioners of Shelby County. The case in which such consideration was had was Pope v. Phifer
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  10. the decision of the state court. As said by MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY, speaking for the court in Claiborne County v. Brooks
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  11. federal courts could not disregard the decision, and declare that it was a law, and enforce it as such. South Ottawa v. Perkins
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  12. it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed. In Hildreth v. M'Intire
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  13. any more than the legislative tribunal of Kentucky could hold the Court of Appeals of that state. In Shelby County v. Butterworth
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  14. and exercises its powers and functions. As said by Mr. Justice Manning, of the Supreme Court of Michigan, in Carleton v. People
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  15. The case of State v. Carroll
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  16. the cases cited by him in support of the last position, to some of which reference will be made. One of them, Taylor v. Skrine
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  17. office, the duties of which the legal incumbent was temporarily incapable of discharging. Another case is Cocke v. Halsey
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  18. valid as those of an officer de facto. Here, the office was an existing one, created by law. To Carleton v. People
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  19. subsequently entered upon the duties of those offices, it was held that they were officers de facto. In Clark v. Commonwealth
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  20. judge to exercise it. It is evident from a consideration of these cases that the learned chief justice, in State v. Carroll
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  21. the officer, and not of acts creating the office. Other cases cited by counsel will show a similar view. In Brown v. O'Connell
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  22. a police court, and the appointee of the common council was held to be a judge de facto. The case of Blackburn v. State
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  23. held that he could be removed by a proper proceeding, but until that was done, his acts were binding. In Fowler v. Bebee
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  24. and implies that the person or body ratifying has at the time power to do the act ratified. As we said in Marsh v. Fulton
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  25. County of Daviess v. Dickinson
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  26. McCracken v. City
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  27. election was had. The requirement of the law could not, in this indirect way, be evaded. The case of Aspinwall v. Commissioners
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  28. previously had, and a majority of the voters had voted for it. The doctrine of this case was reaffirmed in Wadsworth v. Supervisors
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  29. U.S. Supreme Court Norton v. Shelby
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  30. Pope v. Phifer
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  31. South Ottawa v. Perkins
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  32. In Hildreth v. M'Intire
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  33. In Shelby County v. Butterworth
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  34. Carleton v. People
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  35. of State v. Carroll
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  36. Taylor v. Skrine
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  37. To Carleton v. People
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  38. In Clark v. Commonwealth
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  39. State v. Carroll
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  40. In Brown v. O'Connell
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  41. of Blackburn v. State
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  42. In Fowler v. Bebee
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  43. Marsh v. Fulton
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  44. County of Daviess v. Dickinson
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  45. of Aspinwall v. Commissioners
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