TABLE OF CONTENTS. [NOTE.-Page 103 contains a brief statement of the case, as made by Judge McCay when delivering the judgment of the Supreme Court. For ready access to the facts it will be found particularly useful. The Record of the Court below is printed in the order of arrangement in which it was presented to the Supreme Court. For greater convenience of reference, however, a somewhat different order is observed in the following analysis.-E. D.] RECORD OF COURT BELOW: Petition of Relator, Wm. J. Clements, to the Superior Court of Chatham County for leave to file an Information in the nature of a Quo Warranto, in the name of the State of Georgia, calling upon Richard W. White, to show by what right of law he holds the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham county-he being a person of color... Notice to Respondent, White, of such Petition, and order to show cause why it should not be granted.. Demurrer of Respondent to the Petition..... Order of Court granting leave to file an Information.. 'Information in the nature of a Quo Warranto.... Demurrer of Respondent, White, to the Information. Opinion of the Court overruling the Demurrer.. Answer of Respondent to the Information. Motion of Respondent for a continuance.. 3 4 25 5 6 8 8 17 24 Judgment of Court below declaring Respondent, White, ineli gible to office...... Bill of Exceptions of Respondent, White. 18 20 178 TABLE OF CONTENTS. ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL BEFORE SUPREME COURT: Argument of Col. A. W. Stone, of counsel for Plaintiff in Error, 28 Argument of Col. Julian Hartridge, of counsel for Defendant in 44 Argument of Col. Amos T. Akerman, of counsel for Plaintiff Argument of Thos. E. Lloyd, Esq., of counsel for Defendant in Error... Argument of Ex-Governor James Johnson, of counsel for OPINIONS OF THE JUDGES AND DECISION OF COURT: The case stated.. Remarks by Judge McCay..... Decision of Court, declaring negroes eligible to office in Geor gia, and reversing the judgment of the Court below... Grounds of Judge McCay's opinion Opinion of Chief Justice Brown.. Remarks of Judge Warner.. Opinion of Judge Warner, Dissenting.. APPENDIX. 103 106 108 110 112 116 119 CONTENTS. Message of Governor Rufus B. Bullock to the House of Repre- Message of Governor Bullock to the Senate on the Expulsion 131 132 133 140 141 144 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 179 Names of expelled members of the Senate.... 146 Extract from published proceedings of the Senate, on the reading of the Message.. 147 Resolution of Senator Candler that only certain portions thereof be entered on the minutes.-Lost... 147 Message of Governor Bullock returning to the House of Representatives a Joint Resolution, on the ground that "the resolution under consideration ignores the question of original organization, and proposes action simply in the direction of asking a judicial decision upon the Eligibility of Colored citizens to office, without either pledging the body adopting the resolution to abide by such decision in regard to their own membership, or even indicating a disposition so to do” LETTERS. LETTERS of distinguished legal gentlemen of Georgia as to the Letter of Hon. W. B. Fleming... 148 152 153 Letter of General Lawton, Judge Harden, and Hon. Thos. 168 Letter of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens 168 Letter of "B,"-a correspondent in the Macon Telegraph..... 172 |