Blackburn v. City of Paducah

CLAY, Commissioner.

This suit was brought by appellant for a declaration of rights and for injunctive and other relief. The Chancellor dismissed appellant’s claim and we affirm.

Appellant was the duly elected and acting police judge of the City of Paducah in 1968. On September 30 of that year appellant telephoned a message to the Western Union office. It was recorded by an employee of an answering service which at that time accepted Western Union messages. It was addressed to the Mayor of Paducah (who had the appointing authority to fill a vacancy). The telegram as ultimately transcribed was as…