McKenna v. Nichols, County Judge

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sims

Affirming.

Hon. William E. Nichols has been Judge of the Fayette County Court since January, 1934, and by sec. 139 of the Kentucky Constitution he is the presiding Judge of the Quarterly Court of Fayette County. His predecessor in office, Hon. Chester D. Adams, on September 22, 1932, by an order duly entered, appointed E. H. Fuller, then Clerk of the Fayette County Court, as clerk of the quarterly court pursuant to sec. 703 of the Civil Code of Practice. But Judge Nichols never by an order appointed a clerk of the quarterly court, although in April, 1934, he…