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· 2/22/1935

Engle v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 79 S.W.2d 417
  • 258 Ky. 118
  • 1935 Ky. LEXIS 122

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • Merit system “statute should not be extended to officers under the guise that they are employees for the all too apparent purpose of perpetuating them in office.”
  • Merit system \statute should not be extended to officers under the guise that they are employees for the all too apparent purpose of perpetuating them in office.\
  • “The line of demarcation between public office and public employment is oftentimes dim and the distinction between them as marked by judicial expression is not always clear.”

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Judges: Clay

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