Adkinson v. Noonan

Citations

• 110 Kan. 335
• 203 P. 694
• 1922 Kan. LEXIS 45

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Office and Officeholders — Constitutional Term — County Treasurer, Disqualified to Hold After Expiration of His Second Two-year Term. The defendant’s second two-year term as county treasurer expired on October 10, 1921. The person who had been elected to succeed him died in September, 1921. The constitution provides that county officers shall hold their offices for the term of two years and until their successors shall be qualified. The constitution further provides that no person shall hold the office of sheriff or county treasurer for more than two consecutive terms. Held, the defendant'was disqualified from holding over during that which would have been the term of the treasurer-elect, had he lived; the office became vacant on October 10, 1921; and the county commissioners were authorized to fill the vacancy by appointment of the plaintiff.</p>