Case Name: Lydia A. Chappell v. C. W. Munger
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1880-09-08
Citations: 10 Ky. Op. 683
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lydia A. Chappell v. C. W. Munger.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 10
Pages: 683–684

Head Matter:
Lydia A. Chappell v. C. W. Munger.
[Abstract Kentucky Law Reporter, Vol. 1 — 269.]
Election of Trustees.
Where a law requires the election of additional trustees no election can be held until the law goes into effect. The creation of additional trustees by reason of subsequent legislation cannot affect the rights of those then in office.
APPEAL'FROM NICHOLAS CIRCUIT COURT.
Charles Little, for appellant.
Ross & Kennedy, for appellee.
September 8, 1880.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Pryor:
An election could not have been held until the law went into effect under which these trustees were required to be elected. No vacancy occurred, for the reason that the trustee then acting held his office until his successor had qualified; and the mere fact that this successor could not qualify for a year or longer did not make the office vacant. The creation of additional trustees, by reason of subsequent legislation, did not affect the rights of those then in office until the trustees under the last enactment had been elected and qualified.
Judgment affirmed.