RICHARDS v. CITY LAS VEGAS

No. 3881

284 P.2d 373 (1955)

Walter J. RICHARDS, Appellant, v. The CITY OF LAS VEGAS, a Municipal Corporation, and C.D. Baker, Reed Whipple, Rex A. Jarrett, Wendell Bunker, Harris P. Sharp, and Shirley L. Ballinger, constituting the Mayor, Board of Councilmen, and City Clerk of the City of las Vegas, Nevada, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada

June 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Claiborne, David Zenoff, John A. Porter Las Vegas, and Richard Waters, Jr., Carson City, for appellant.

Howard W. Cannon, City Attorney, and Ralston O. Hawkins, Asst. City Atty., Las Vegas, for Respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was elected judge of the municipal court of the city of Las Vegas in the election of May, 1953, for a term commencing the first Monday in June, 1953. At a general municipal election to be held May 3, 1955, provision was made to vote for candidates for the office of mayor, two commissioners and a judge of the municipal court. Appellant, claiming that by reason of an act of the legislature approved March 16, 1953, Stats. 1953, 102, his term of...

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