Tevis v. Rice
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 79 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Under sec. 167 of the Constitution, which provides for the election of all city and town officers, and which contains the proviso “that the terms of officeof police judges who were.elected for four years at the August election, 1890, shall expire August 31, 1894, and the terms of police judges elected in November, 1893, shall begin September 1, 1894, and continue until the November election, 1897, and until…
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Case 79 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Under sec. 167 of the Constitution, which provides for the election of all city and town officers, and which contains the proviso “that the terms of officeof police judges who were.elected for four years at the August election, 1890, shall expire August 31, 1894, and the terms of police judges elected in November, 1893, shall begin September 1, 1894, and continue until the November election, 1897, and until their successors are elected and qualified,” the term of office of the appellee who was elected police judge of a city of…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PAYNTER
delivered the opinion op the court.
The question involved in this case is as to whether Tevis or Rice is entitled to hold the office of judge of the police court of Richmond, Ky.
■ By the charter of Richmond it was provided that a police judge should be elected on the first Saturday in June, 1884, and every two years thereafter, and continue in office until his successor should be elected and qualified. At the June election in 1892, James Tevis was elected police judge. At the November election, 1893, H. G. Rice was elected judge of the police court. Richmond is a city of the…
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