CULLEN, Commissioner.
The question is whether the mayor of the City of Newport or the Governor of Kentucky has the power to fill a vacancy in the office of police judge for the city. Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in January 1956, the Governor appointed and commissioned one William Heringer. On the same day the mayor appointed one Joseph Rolf, whom the Governor refused to commission. In a declaratory judgment action between the two appointees, the court held that...
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