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- Title: Kirkpatrick v. King Et Al.
- Author : Supreme Court Of Indiana
- Release Date : January 19, 1950
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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Appellant is the sheriff of Hancock County. He was elected on the Democratic ticket in the general election of 1948, and qualified and took office January 1, 1949. On October 24, 1949, appellee Charles L. King publicly announced he would be a candidate for such office on the same party ticket in the primary election to be held in the county in May, 1950. On December 17, 1949, the Hancock County Election Board duly adopted a resolution that the names of candidates for sheriff be placed on the ballots in the primary and general elections to be held in 1950, which was in accordance with the position and contention of the State Election Board. Appellant sued in the trial court for a declaration of his rights, asserting that there would be no vacancy in the office of sheriff in Hancock County to be filled by the general election held in 1950, and that he would continue to hold this office until January 1, 1954, by virtue of the amendment to Article 6 of the Constitution, by the