Talbott, Auditor v. Park

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Bees

Affirming.

The appellee, James Park, is the commonwealth’s attorney of the Twenty-Second judicial district of Kentucky, and he has been selected as a member of the Board of Bar Commissioners of the state. This suit, brought under the Declaratory Judgment Act (Civ. Code Prac. sec. 639a-l et seq.), presents the question whether the position of member of the Board of Bar Commissioners of the state is incompatible with the office of commonwealth’s attorney.

Section 165 of the Constitution provides that no person shall at the same time be a state officer or…