Commonwealth ex rel. Matthews v. Ford

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a quo warranto proceeding to oust appellee as a member of the Woodford County Board of Education. The ground alleged is that he violated KRS 160.180(4) when he voted to employ his sister as manager of the school cafeteria. The trial court submitted the case to an advisory jury, and in conformity with its verdict adjudged that appellee had not violated the above statute.

The minutes of the board meeting involved show that the motion to employ appellee’s sister (along with other nonin-structional personnel) was “passed unanimously”. Appellee was present at this meeting…