From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer
To: Unknown recipient
A rabbi requests the Chasam Sofer's written testimony that a son has the right to inherit his father's provincial rabbinate. The Chasam Sofer declines to volunteer unsolicited testimony but substantively argues that while modern rabbinates may be hereditary since rabbis now serve as salaried communal functionaries, a provincial rabbi must be the greatest scholar in the region—a standard no inheritance claim can override.
Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer OC §13