Commonwealth ex rel. Hancock v. Bowling

This is an appeal from a judgment which dismissed the ouster proceedings instituted by the attorney general against appellee, a member of the Board of Education of Owen County.

In November 1972, Dr. Maurice Bowling, appellee, was elected for a second consecutive term as a member of the Owen County Board of Education. On January 2, 1973, the Owen County Fiscal Court appointed Dr. Bowling to the Owen County Hospital Board, and reappointed him to the hospital board on March 5, 1974.

The instant suit, initiated by the attorney general prior to the selection by the Owen County Board of Education of…