Parsons v. Breed
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 89. — ACTION BY CLARENCE W. PARSONS AGAINST JOSHUA B. F. BREED INVOLVING HIS RIGHT TO THE OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER — Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. C. P. Branch, (l'Div.) Emmet Field, Judge. Judgment sustaining a demurrer to the petition and plaintiff appeals' — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. C. W. Parsons was lawfully appointed chief engineer of Louisville for a term of four years. The board of public works had power to appoint him.
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CASE 89. — ACTION BY CLARENCE W. PARSONS AGAINST JOSHUA B. F. BREED INVOLVING HIS RIGHT TO THE OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER — Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. C. P. Branch, (l'Div.) Emmet Field, Judge. Judgment sustaining a demurrer to the petition and plaintiff appeals' — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. C. W. Parsons was lawfully appointed chief engineer of Louisville for a term of four years. The board of public works had power to appoint him. The Legislature had power to delegate to this board the power to so appoint him. (23 Am. & Eng. Ene., 404-5; Brown v. Holland, 97 Ky.) The Legislature did…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice O’Rear
Affirming.
The statute providing for and regulating the government of cities of the first class contains the following (section 2810, Ky. St. 1903): “Each of said boards may appoint and, at pleasure, remove a chief of each department under its control. The board of public works shall have the power to appoint a chief engineer for the city and such subordinate engineers as may be necessary; provided, that all applicants for the position of chief engineer shall first he examined hy a board of three competent civil engineers, to be elected by the general…
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