Mershon v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 1 — MOTION— APPEAL PROM PRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT. cited Rev. Statutes, 574, sec. 16. cited Rev. Stat., 571, sec. 6; Act March 10, 1854, Sess. Acts 1853-4, p. 176; Rev. Statutes, 576, art. 12, secs. 1, 2, and 3 ; lb., 577., sec. 4.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Simpson
This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment of the Franklin circuit court against the late sheriff of Rockcastle county and his sureties.
By the Revised Statutes, the Franklin circuit court is made the fiscal court of the Commonwealth, and for this purpose its jurisdiction is co-extensive with the whole State. (Rev. Stat., p. 231.)
The motion in a proceeding like this must be docketed for trial on the third day of the term. It does not follow, however, from this requisition of the statute, that it must be tried on that day. It must be docketed for that day, but may be tried like any other suit or…
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