Gross v. Ross, State Auditor

Opinion of the Court by

Morris,

Commissioner-— Reversing.

Appellants, who were plaintiffs below, are Gross, Mrs. Elmon Middleton, J. R. Howard and Clinton Ball, in the order named respectively, Jailer, County Clerk, Circuit Clerk and Sheriff of Harlan County. Appellees were and are, State Auditor, Treasurer, Commissioner' of Revenue and the Commissioner of Finance. All appellants were elected at the general election of 1941, and assumed office in January of 1942, with the exception of Howard, circuit clerk, elected in 1939, assuming office in January, 1940.

Section 106 of our Constitution…