Campbell v. Dotson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 14 — Action to Recover the office of Justice of the Peace— APPEAL FROM PIKE CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. •Appellant alleges in his petition that he was duly elected ■to the office of justice of the peace in district No. 5 in Pike county, at the November election, 1894; was duly qualified and entered upon the duties of his office January 1, 1895, and held said office until the next regular election in November, 1897, when one J. J. Wolford…
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Case 14 — Action to Recover the office of Justice of the Peace— APPEAL FROM PIKE CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. •Appellant alleges in his petition that he was duly elected ■to the office of justice of the peace in district No. 5 in Pike county, at the November election, 1894; was duly qualified and entered upon the duties of his office January 1, 1895, and held said office until the next regular election in November, 1897, when one J. J. Wolford wa-s elected to said office to succeed appellant; that Wolford failed to qualify by executing bond nr taking the oath…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE HOBSON
affirming.
At the November election, 1891, appellant, A. W. Campbell, was elected a justice of tbe peace for magisterial district No. 5 of Pike county, and entered1 upon tbe discharge of the duties of the office. At the November election, 1897, J. J. Wolford was elected justice of the peace in the district to succeed appellant, but failed to qualify i as provided by law. After Wolford' failed) to- qualify, the county judge entered an order declaring a vacancy to. exist in the office of justice of the peace for the district* and appellee, J. L. Dotson, was…
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