Jones v. Browning

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Cammack

Affirming.

John S. Jones, superintendent of schools of Williamsburg, instituted this action to have the office of H. A. Browning, a member of the Williamsburg Board of Education, declared vacant, because of alleged illegal transactions with the Board in violation of KBS 160.180. This section provides that the office of a board member “shall without further action be vacant” under certain specified conditions. The appeal is from a judgment dismissing the petition after a special demurrer had been sustained thereto.

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