Boyd v. Land
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 59 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM HARRISON CIRCUIT COURT. 1.The appellant possessing the qualifications required by sec. 3511 Kentucky Statutes, passed pursuant to sec. 160 of the constitution, that -he should be twenty-four years old and have resided in the city limits six months next preceding the election, he was eligible to the office of police judge. The case of Atchison, County Judge v. Lucas, 83 Ky., 451, has no application to this case.
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Case 59 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM HARRISON CIRCUIT COURT. 1.The appellant possessing the qualifications required by sec. 3511 Kentucky Statutes, passed pursuant to sec. 160 of the constitution, that -he should be twenty-four years old and have resided in the city limits six months next preceding the election, he was eligible to the office of police judge. The case of Atchison, County Judge v. Lucas, 83 Ky., 451, has no application to this case. (Kentucky Statutes, secs, 3484, 3493, 3509, 3513, 3554,) 2. Sec. 3845 of the Kentucky Statutes was intended to regulate merely the…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PAYNTER
delivered tiie opinion oe tiie court.
The appellant, S. R. Boyd, filed Ms petition in the Harrison Circuit Court claiming he was the police judgeof the city of Cvnthiana, and that the appellee, G. M. Land, was wrongfully holding 1he office, and asking to have it so adjudged.
A demurrer was sustained to the petition as amended, and appellant failing to plead further his petition was dismissed. The statements of the petition as amended are taken as true in considering- this case. By the terms of an amendment (1888) to the charter of Cvnthiana the police judge Avas elected annually in…
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