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Harwood vs. Wentworth

HARWOOD v. WENTWORTH 162 U.S. 547 (16 S.Ct. 890, 40 L.Ed. 1069)

U.S. Case. No. 756 | 1896-04-13

Opinion, HARLAN

This is a contest as to the right to exercise the functions of the office of county recorder of Cochise county, territory of Arizona.

The defendant in error filed in the district court of the First judicial district of that territory, holden in Cochise county, a petition alleging that at a general election held in Arizona on the 6th day of November, 1894, he was duly elected to the office of county recorder of Cochise county, and thereafter, having first duly qualified, entered upon the discharge of his duties as such officer; that that county, at the time of such election, was what is denominated as a 'first-class' county of...