context: At common law, an office holder who accepts a second office incompatible with the first automatically vacates the first office. E.g.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.parenthetical: acceptance of office of chairman and executive officer of Maui Board of Supervisors vacated the office of supervisor
citation_a.sentence: Pombo v. Fleming, 32 Haw. 818 (1933) (acceptance of office of chairman and executive officer of Maui Board of Supervisors vacated the office of supervisor); Hollinger v. Kumalae, 25 Haw. 669, 689 (1920) (acceptances of office of supervisor of the City & County of Honolulu automatically vacated the offices of state senator and state representative); accord, Township of Belleville v. Fomarotto, 228 N.J.Super. 412, 549 A.2d 1267 (1988); Hover v. Wolven, 175 Ohio St. 114, 191 N.E.2d 723 (1963); Howard v. Harrington, 114 Me. 443, 96 A. 769 (1916); State v. Goff, 15 R.I. 505, 9 A. 226 (1887).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.parenthetical: judge who announced intention to seek office of governor forfeited his office where state constitution then specifically provided "[a]ny justice or judge who shall become a candidate for an elective office shall thereby forfeit his office"
citation_b.sentence: Cf. In re Pioneer Mill Co., Ltd., 53 Haw. 496, 497 P.2d 549 (1972) (judge who announced intention to seek office of governor forfeited his office where state constitution then specifically provided “[a]ny justice or judge who shall become a candidate for an elective office shall thereby forfeit his office”).