Stratton v. Jessamine County

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

Jessamine county filed this action in the circuit court for the county against C. M. Stratton, one of its citizens and taxpayers, under the provisions of section 186c-7 of the 1933 Supplement to Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes, which is a part of chapter 22, p. 124, of the Session Acts for 1932. The petition averred that the assessed valuation of the property in the county for local taxation amounted in the year 1932 to $13,021,757; for the year 1933, $11,954,207; and for the year 1934, $10,590,628. It also set out the amount of the outstanding bonded…