Kentucky Central Life Insurance v. Rozar

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• concluding that it is constitutionally impermissible to separate from the office of sheriff the duties the sheriff held at common law
• concluding that it is constitutionally impermissible to separate from the office of sheriff the duties the sheriff held at common law
• explaining that it would be a hollow constitutional right if the electors could choose a sheriff, but could not have him perform his traditional duties and functions, as that would be electing a sheriff in name only
• explaining that it would be a hollow constitutional right if the electors could choose a sheriff, but could not have him perform his traditional duties and functions, as that would be electing a sheriff in name only
• location of jail's prisoners is within the sheriffs constitutional duty to provide for the care and custody of the jail's prisoners
• location of jail's prisoners is within the sheriff's constitutional duty to provide for the care and custody of the jail's prisoners

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).