State Ex Rel., Pickett v. Truman

(dissenting). — It is not without reluctance that I am unable to concur in the majority opinion, but deeming the result there reached as not sustained by the cited previous decisions of this court, nor on an analysis of general principles of law applicable to the facts of the case, I shall, as briefly as possible, state the grounds of my dissent.

The books are replete with definitions of the terms “officer” and “public office,” and the adjudicated cases illustrate the wide range taken in their application.' It is perfectly apparent that employment and agency are distinguishable from public…