Mulberry v. Kitchen

LATIMER, Justice.

Prior to the General Election of November, 1945, appellants and appellee orally agreed that appellee would seek the Democratic nomination as sheriff of Scott County in the August primary; that appellee would publicly announce that in the event of his nomination and election he would name appellants as his deputies for the four-year term and that appellants and ap-pellee would share equally the expenses of the race. The alleged oral agreement further provided that the net income from fees, and commissions from the collection of taxes, wpuld be equally divided among the sheriff…