Hancock v. Queenan

STANLEY, Commissioner.

*94Section 152 of the Kentucky Constitution provides that if an office is vacated three months or more before an election for •either city, town, county, district, or state ■officers, an appointment to the vacated office is effective only until the election. If the elapsed period is less than three months, the appointment holds until the next year’s election. The question before us is as to the time a vacancy occurred. The particular facts make the case one of first impression.

In an agreed case submitted under KRS 418.020 to 418.030, the trial court adjudged ■that a vacancy…