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Show JUDICIAL COf EST NOW Ii PROSPECT City Judgeship Is Bone of Contention; Litigation May Follow. As soon a. the c-ounly commission certifies cer-tifies to Ihe eloction' anrl qualification of the public officials who wcrn victorious at Ihe recent election, a contest for 1 he judgeship of the dvU division of the city court probably will ensue. Joseph W. Strinprfpliow wns elected to fill the. unexpired term of Judge John K. Tobln, who ropiprned from Cue city .1udg' - I ship to accept a .ceat on tl.e Third district dis-trict court. Judge Nathan H. TV.imr i? now on the cily bench, however, having been appointed by the city commission to succeed Judpe Tobin until I he next general gen-eral election. Jlr. Strinfellow now conUnds that lie is nut required to wait until the first Monday Mon-day of January before assuming hH office, of-fice, but that h was elected to rill the unexpired term of Judge Tobin and should be mci: ted at once. On the other hand Judge Tanror, it if anticipated, will take the position that he was appointed until the next general election and thaj. he should serve until the first of the year, when other officials elected ai the same time as Judge String- . fellow assume their offices. j |