Department of Revenue ex rel. Allphin v. Turner

STEWART, Justice.

This suit for a declaration of rights was brought in the Franklin Circuit Court against the Department of Revenue, Robert H. Allphin, Commissioner of Revenue, and Ruby Middleton Ader, Clerk of the Harlan County Court, by Ted R. Turner, who failed on March 5, 1953, in an examination in which he attempted to qualify to run for county tax commissioner in Harlan County. He seeks to have declared unconstitutional KRS 132.380, pursuant to which examinations are given by the department to those who desire to become eligible for election to the above office, and he further seeks…