Todd v. Dunlap
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 73 — PETITIONS EQUITY APPEALS FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, THE FIRST NAMED FROM TILE LAW AND EQUITY DIVISION AND THE OTHER FROM THE COMMON PLEAS DIVISION. 1. The statute gives the mayor the right "by a written order, giving his reasons therefor, to remove from office any head of a department, director or other officer appointed by him,” and under that he has the absolute right to remove the appellees for any reason that is 'satisfactory to himself and approved by the…
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Case 73 — PETITIONS EQUITY APPEALS FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, THE FIRST NAMED FROM TILE LAW AND EQUITY DIVISION AND THE OTHER FROM THE COMMON PLEAS DIVISION. 1. The statute gives the mayor the right "by a written order, giving his reasons therefor, to remove from office any head of a department, director or other officer appointed by him,” and under that he has the absolute right to remove the appellees for any reason that is 'satisfactory to himself and approved by the Board of Aldermen. (South v. Commissioners, 86 Ky., 187.) 2. Section 160 of the Constitution, which provides that the…
1Opinion of the Court
CHIEF-JUSTICE PRYOR
delivered tiie opinion of the court.
The board of public safety and the board of public works,, executive boards of the government of the city of Louisville,, instituted these actions in equity in the court below, .in which it is alleged the mayor and board of aldermen were about to remove the members constituting the two boards from office without cause, and the sole question in each case' is: “Has the mayor the power, with the approval of the board of aldermen, to remove these officials without notice and trial, and! without assigning any cause for their action ?”
The judge…
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