Rawlings v. City of Newport

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Oammack

Affirming.

Appellant, John T. Rawlings, was appointed City-Manager of Newport, Kentucky, a city of the second class, in January, 1936. He was elected to this office by the affirmative vote of the mayor and two members of the Board of Commissioners, the other two commissioners voting negatively. Rawlings served in this ca pacity unmolested until the early part of January, 1938. In the November election, 1937, the two commissioners, who had voted with the mayor to elect Rawlings as City Manager in 1936, were defeated, and the two who opposed his election were…