Commonwealth ex rel. Breckinridge v. Woods

STANLEY, Commissioner.

Upon request of local parties, the Attorney General authorized the institution in his name of an action against Charles H. Woods, Jr. to have the court determine whether he had become disqualified to continue as a member of the Boyd County Board of Education. It was charged that the defendant had become “directly or indirectly interested in the sale to the Board” of stationery and similar supplies. KRS 160.180(2). The circuit court rendered judgment for the defendant and dismissed the complaint. The plaintiff appealed.

The .appellee, Woods, upon his election, assumed his…