Bath County v. United Disinfectant Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

— Reversing.

At the regular November election in 1925 Dell Downs was elected jailer of Bath county, taking office the first of the year, 1926, for a full term of four years. After his induction in office the fiscal court of the county made no budget appropriation by which he could defray the expenses incurred in carrying out his duties as prescribed in sections 3948 and 3949 of our present Kentucky Statutes. When he would present bills to the fiscal court, incurred by him to meet such expenses they would be scrutinized, and, if found to be correct from the…