Bailey, Ex-Sheriff v. Magoffin County

Opinion op the Court1 by

Ohiep Justice Thomas—

Reversing.

At the regular election in 1925 the appellant and defendant below, Wallis Bailey, was elected sheriff of Magoffin county and took the oath of office and qualified as such on the first Monday in January, 1926. He served throughout the years 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1929,- and retired from office on the first Monday in January, 1930, when he was succeeded by another who w;as elected at the regular election in' 19*29. At the end of each year of the first three years of his term he made settlements with the fiscal court, and they were properly…