How do judges of the Kentucky Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Kentucky Court of Appeals / Joined 1934 / Served to 1936

Drury Count

Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals

Drury Count was a Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1934. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1934–1936 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1934	Kentucky Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Count authored 16 published opinions for the court (1925–1947). Most cited: Louisville Times v. Stivers (22 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1934	Louisville Times v. Stivers	68 S.W.2d 411	22
1936	Owings v. Talbott	90 S.W.2d 723	16
1937	City of Madisonville v. Nisbet's Administrator	109 S.W.2d 593	11
1934	Knox County v. Lewis' Administrator	69 S.W.2d 1000	9
1938	McKenzie v. Hinkle	112 S.W.2d 1019	7
1938	Bingham v. Mills	122 S.W.2d 133	6
1936	Brannon v. Bohannon	96 S.W.2d 1036	5
1935	Bozeman Mortuary Association v. Fairchild	86 S.W.2d 979	4
1940	Farley v. Commonwealth	145 S.W.2d 100	2
1930	Petroleum Exploration, Inc. v. Superior Oil Corp.	24 S.W.2d 259	2
1928	Muhlenburg County Fiscal Court v. Muhlenburg County Road Commissioners	9 S.W.2d 129	2
1927	Shawler v. Carter	298 S.W. 714	2
1947	Harris v. Commonwealth	199 S.W.2d 445	1
1940	Dotson v. Commonwealth	143 S.W.2d 517	0
1926	Kentucky West Virginia Power Co. v. George	280 S.W. 949	0

Showing the 15 most-cited of 16 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Kentucky Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was Drury Count on?: Drury Count was a Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

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2 years on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).