Dillon v. Stubbs

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Ratliff

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Affirming-

On November 2, 1935, John M. Hunnieutt resigned the office of police judge of Ludlow, a city of the fourth class, and on November 2, 1935, the Honorable Ruby Laffoon, then Governor of Kentucky, appointed the appellant, Thomas X. Dillon, to fill the vacancy. On November 14, 1935, the board of council of the city of Ludlow appointed appellee, Omer H. Stubbs, to fill the said vacancy, and on December 12, 1935, the Honorable A. B. Chandler, Governor of the Commonwealth, issued to him a commission, and he immediately assumed the duties of the office.…