Purnell v. Mann
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 11 — AGREED CASE 1. What is an officer? Bac. Abr., title “Offices and Officers,” Blackstone Com., Book 2, chap. 3, p. 36; Finch’s Law, 162; 3 Kent. Com., 454; 8 Cal. 39; U. S. v. Maurice, 2 Brook, 96; Shelby v. Alcorn, 36 Miss., 273; Bunn v. People, 45 111., 397; United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall-, 385; 20 Johns.
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Case 11 — AGREED CASE 1. What is an officer? Bac. Abr., title “Offices and Officers,” Blackstone Com., Book 2, chap. 3, p. 36; Finch’s Law, 162; 3 Kent. Com., 454; 8 Cal. 39; U. S. v. Maurice, 2 Brook, 96; Shelby v. Alcorn, 36 Miss., 273; Bunn v. People, 45 111., 397; United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall-, 385; 20 Johns. (N. Y.), 492; People v. Nostrand, 46 N. Y., 375; Rowland v. Mayor, 83 N. Y., 272; City of Louisville v. Wilson, 99 Ky., 598; Mechera on Public Offices, Sec. 1; Porter v. Pillsbury, Howard’s Practice Reports, vol. 11, p. 241; Throop on Public Officers, book 1, Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lewis
delivered- tiie opinion of tiie court.
The judgment before ns for revision was rendered in an agreed ease where appellants, Purnell, judge of the county court, Paxton, clerk thereof, and Bowen, sheriff of Bourbon county, seek to have appellees, Rann, Clay, and Smith, enjoined from exercising- the authority conferred or per*91forming the duties imposed upon them as members of the board of election commissioners for that county by “An act to further regulate elections,” which was passed by the Senate and by the House of Representatives, each, on March 11,189S, over objections of the governor. The…
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