State ex rel. Taggart v. Addison

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

In April, 1907, D. E. Cornell was elected mayor of Kansas City, Kan. After entering upon the discharge of the duties of that office he, in connection with the city council, appointed the defendants to fill ■existing vacancies in certain official positions in that ■city, as follow: George K. Addison to the office of sanitary sergeant, J. L. B. Eager to the office of city ■physician, Larkin Norman to the office of building in*700spector, Alex Eagle to the office of police clerk, and R. L. McAlpine to the office of city engineer. These appointments…