Donelan, &C. v. Bird, &C.
Decision Date | 10 May 1904 |
Citation | 118 Ky. 178 |
Court | Kentucky Court of Appeals |
Parties | Donelan &c. v. Bird &c. |
APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT.
FROM THE JUDGEMENT DONELAN AND OTHERS APPEAL. AFFIRMED.
A. T. ROOT FOR APPELLANTS.
The record herein presents an agreed case in which the parties sought in the court below, and are now seeking in this court, a decision of the question as to when an election in Campbell county for filling the vacancy in the office of circuit judge for the Seventeenth Judicial District, caused by the death of the Honorable John P. Newman, should take place — whether in November, 1904, or November, 1905. The decision of the question submitted must turn upon the construction to be given section 152 of the Constitution, for section 1522, Kentucky Statutes 1903, bearing on the subject, is but a repetition of what we find in the Constitution. The section of the Constitution supra reads as follows:
It appears that John P. Newman was duly elected judge of the Seventeenth Judicial District at the regular election held therein on the 3d day of November, 1903, for the full term of six years, beginning the first Monday in January, 1904; that he received his certificate of election from the State Board of Election Commissioners, and his commission from the Governor, after which he took the required constitutional and statutory oaths. But before the arrival of the time for undertaking the performance of the duties of his office, Newman died — his death having occurred ...
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