Greenup County v. Spears

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

At the regular election in 1927, the appellee and plaintiff below, Kelly Spears, was elected to the office of circuit court clerk for Greenup county, and he assumed the duties thereof at the beginning of 1928, which was for a term of six years, expiring at the beginning of 1934. At the time of his election and installation in office, sections 2421 to and including 2432 of the 1930 Edition of Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes were in effect, and they provided that the clerks of circuit courts in the commonwealth were entitled to receive designated law…