Renshaw v. Cook
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 34 — APPLICATION. TO THE APPELLATE COURT BY •J. M. RENSHAW FOR A WRIT OF PROHIBITION AGAINST THOMAS P. COOK, JUDGE OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY, TO RESTRAIN HIM FROM INTERFERING WITH THE TRIAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR AN INJUNCTION BEFORE THE COUNTY JUDGE. — June 20. Application heard by the full court. — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. A public office is- not property nor any contract right. (Throop on.
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CASE 34 — APPLICATION. TO THE APPELLATE COURT BY •J. M. RENSHAW FOR A WRIT OF PROHIBITION AGAINST THOMAS P. COOK, JUDGE OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY, TO RESTRAIN HIM FROM INTERFERING WITH THE TRIAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR AN INJUNCTION BEFORE THE COUNTY JUDGE. — June 20. Application heard by the full court. — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. A public office is- not property nor any contract right. (Throop on. Public Officers, sec. 345; Meachem on Public Officers, secs. 463, 464; Taylor v. Beckham, 221 Ky. Law Rep., 1743.) 2. The failure of a sheriff to execute his annual bonds on or…
1Opinion of the Court
*352Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice O’Rear.
■ — Granting writ.
This is an application in this court for a writ of prohibition against his honor, Thomas P. Cook, judge of the Third judicial district of Kentucky, restraining him from interfering, by order or judgment of his court, with the trial of an application for an injunction before County Judge Prowse of Christian county, in an action in the Christian circuit court between J. M. Renshaw, as plaintiff, and David Smith, as defendant. The last-named action was brought by Renshaw against Smith to oust the latter from the office room in the…
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