COMMONWEALTH v. COFFEE


329 S.W.2d 203 (1958)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky on Relation of Jo M. FERGUSON, Attorney General of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Ray COFFEE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Earl B. Rose, Beattyville, for appellant.

H. M. Shumate, Shumate & Shumate, Irvine, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

On relation of the Attorney General, an action was brought to remove Ray Coffee from office as a member of the Jackson County Board of Education, on the ground that he did not meet the statutory qualification, under KRS 160.180(1) (c), of having an eighth grade education. Judgment was entered in favor of the defendant and the plaintiff has appealed.

The statute, KRS 160.180(1)(c), provides that the school board member may prove his educational...

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