Gerard v. Judd

MOREMEN, Judge.

This declaratory judgment action seeks to determine whether appellant, John Gerard, who was elected mayor of Frankfort in the year of 1957 and who assumed office on the first Monday in January 1958, is entitled to retain that office until a corresponding day in 1962, or whether his term expires on the first Monday in January 1960, which would make it necessary to hold an election this fall.

The appellees have all filed petitions seeking to have their names placed on the ballot for the office of mayor at the November election in 1959.

The Franklin Circuit Court, by judgment,…