EAST v. BELL


557 S.W.2d 424 (1977)

Frank EAST, Paul Richardson, Osby Neal, Horace Denney, Deb Branscum and James Higginbotham, Appellants, v. Hon. Ira BELL, Judge, Appellee. Paul RICHARDSON, Frank East, Osby Neal, Horace Denney, Deb Branscum and James Higginbotham, Appellants, v. Hon. Ira BELL, Judge, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollis E. Edmonds, Russell Springs, for appellants.

James M. Frazer, Wayne County Atty., James C. Gibson, Jr., Asst. Wayne County Atty., Monticello, for appellees.

Before HAYES, HOGGE and LESTER, JJ.


LESTER, Judge.

On March 25, 1977, Paul Richardson, Frank East, Osby Neal, Horace Denney, Deb Branscum and James Higginbotham, six justices of the peace of Wayne County, filed a petition for writ of prohibition and declaratory judgment asking the Wayne Circuit Court to prevent the county judge, Ira Bell, from enforcing an order reapportioning justices' districts. The court denied this petition finding jurisdiction for the reapportionment in the county court. This appeal...

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