Boyd v. Chambers
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 30—PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. 'It was clearly intended by section 41, article 4, of the constitution, to prescribe the qualifications, term of office, and time and manner of electing judges of all police and city courts, whether established before or after the adoption of the constitution.
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Case 30—PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. 'It was clearly intended by section 41, article 4, of the constitution, to prescribe the qualifications, term of office, and time and manner of electing judges of all police and city courts, whether established before or after the adoption of the constitution. (Section 41, art. 4, constitution; Hall v. Hostetter, 17 B. Mon., 784; City of Owensboro v. Webb, 2 Met., 576: Maysville v. Shultz, 3 Dana, 10.) 'The constitutional power df the legislature to change the time for the election of police judge of Owensboro from August to April…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pryor
The appellant, claiming to have been duly elected, commissioned, and qualified to the office of city judge of the city of Owensboro, instituted the present action against the appellee to prevent the usurpation of that office, and to-compel the latter to surrender the office and records to him, &c. This character of action is authorized by sections 483. and 487 of the Civil Code.
It is alleged in the petition that the appellant was duly elected to the office in question, by the qualified voters of the city of Owensboro, on the first Monday in August, 1878; that he had been commissioned by the…
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