Hobbs v. Upington
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 21.' — -ACTION BY J. Y. UPINGTON AGAINST W. C. G. HOBBS AND OTHERS FOR AN ADJUDICATION AS TO WHICH OF FIVE PERSONS WAS ENTITLED TO- THE LONG TERM AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD' OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LEXINGTON, Appeal from Payette Circuit Court. Watts Parker, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
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Case 21.' — -ACTION BY J. Y. UPINGTON AGAINST W. C. G. HOBBS AND OTHERS FOR AN ADJUDICATION AS TO WHICH OF FIVE PERSONS WAS ENTITLED TO- THE LONG TERM AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD' OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LEXINGTON, Appeal from Payette Circuit Court. Watts Parker, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. POINTS CONTENDED EOR. 1. The Legislature having delegated to council of cities of the second class the power to determine the election and qualification of its members, and that board having ascertained and determined that fact, the action of the board is final, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Chief Justice Hobson
Affirming.
The board of aldermen of the city of Lexington consists of eight members, four of whom are elected annually for a term of two years. On March 19, 1902, E. W. Shanldin, whose term expired on December 31, 1903, resigned, and E. J. Allen was appointed to fill the vacancy, his appointment expiring at the November election, 1902. At that election W. D. Wilson, E. J. Allen, R. A. Downing, John Y. Upington and W. C. G. Hobbs were nominated and elected as aldermen, but by an oversight it was not indi*173cated which of them was to fill the unexpired term of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Taylor v. Democratic CommitteeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
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