Commonwealth ex rel. Matthews v. Combs

I respectfully dissent because I do not feel that the law should be circumvented by the obvious device used here. The purpose of KRS 160.180(4) is to prevent the nepotism which was practiced here. Hall v. Boyd County Board of Education, 265 Ky. 500, 97 S.W.2d 38. The salutary purpose of the statute is discussed in Letcher v. Commonwealth ex rel. Matthews, Ky., 414 S.W.2d 402, and the cases cited therein. In Letcher and in its companion case, Commonwealth ex rel. Matthews v. Coatney, Ky., 396 S.W. 2d 72, three county school board members were ousted for violations of the statute. *464The conflict…