Hurd v. Beck

The plaintiff claims that he was appointed and that he duly qualified as a member of the board of directors of the Kansas state penitentiary for the full term beginning April 1, 1893, and ending April 1, 1896, and that on July 8, 1895, the governor made an order for his removal and then appointed M. M. Beck in his place and stead, but that said order of removal was illegal. The petition was filed July 22, 1895, and the defendant answered on August 23, 1895, briefly alleging the proceedings for removal, the order *12of his appointment, and stating that he duly qualified and forthwith entered upon…