McIntyre v. Iliff

Citations

• 64 Kan. 747
• 68 P. 633
• 1902 Kan. LEXIS 272

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Office and Officers — Terms of Appointed Judicial Officers. The phrase “until the next regular election,” as used in section 11 of article 3 of the constitution, providing for appointments to fill vacancies in judicial offices, means until the next regular election held at the time fixed by law for the filling of the particular class of judicial offices to which the appointment was made.</p> <p>2. - Term of Appointed Probate Judge. The time of the regular election to fill the office of probate judge has always been, as fixed by statute, in the even-numbered years; held, therefore, that upon the death of an incumbent of such office, occurring more than thirty days before the regular biennial election, and an appointment to fill the vacancy, the appointee holds until such election.</p>