Case Name: THE STATE on the relation of ALLEN G. ODEN v. HENRY G. BATES
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1887-09
Citations: 98 N.C. 594
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE STATE on the relation of ALLEN G. ODEN v. HENRY G. BATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 98
Pages: 594–594

Head Matter:
THE STATE on the relation of ALLEN G. ODEN v. HENRY G. BATES.
E lections.
This was an action to recover possession of the office of Coroner for Craven County, to which the relator alleged he had been duly elected in November, 1886. It was tried before Shipp, Judge, on demurrer to the complaint, at February Term, 1887, when the demurrer was overruled, and defendant appealed.
Messrs. H. R. Bryan and M. D’ W. Stevenson, for the plaintiff.
Messrs. W. W. Clark and C. M. Busbee, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Merrimon, J.
The questions presented by the record in this case for our decision are, in all material respects, like those decided in Gatling v. Boone and Hahn v. Stinson, decided at the present term, and it must be governed by them.
Affirmed.