Hamilton v. City of Louisville

CLAY, Commissioner.

We are again faced with the tribulations of time. This suit is an attack on the validity of our 1952 statute undertaking to regulate its official measurement in Kentucky. The Chancellor held the Act void.

It was anciently observed, “Our time is a very shadow that passeth away”. In Kentucky this is only a half truth. Our time is a fleeting shadow, but unfortunately, as a chronic problem in calculation, it will not pass away.

It cannot be said with certainty what time it is in Kentucky. Watches show one hour and the courthouse clock another. It is five o’clock in Frankfort, but…