Zimmerman v. Brooks
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 11 — Action by C. Y. Zimmerman Against C. C. Brooks, Involving. the Validity or the Act of the Legislature of Kentucky, CREATING THE COUNTY OF BECKHAM APPEAL FROM CARTER CIRCUIT COURT — iS. G. KINNER, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
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Case 11 — Action by C. Y. Zimmerman Against C. C. Brooks, Involving. the Validity or the Act of the Legislature of Kentucky, CREATING THE COUNTY OF BECKHAM APPEAL FROM CARTER CIRCUIT COURT — iS. G. KINNER, CIRCUIT JUDGE. POINTS MADE AND AUTHORITIES CITED IN BRIEF. 1. Carter and Lewis counties have a vital and material interest in the subject matter of the litigation as the validity of the law depriving them of a large portion of their territory, population, taxable .property, highways, bridges, and as to Lewis other public improvements were involved in the settlement of this question, and it…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court bt
JUDGE HOBSON
Reversing.
The last General Assembly passed an act, which was approved by the Governor on February 9, 1904, entitled “An act creating the county of Beckham.” The first section of the act is in these words:
“Section 1. That the county of Beckham be, and the same is hereby, created, and the boundary lines thereof are established as follows:
“Beginning on three black oaks by the county, or old State road, the comer of John Reid’s and Wilburn Hall’s and Marion Oldfield’s lands, being ten andl one-half miles by survey from Grayson, the present county seat of Carter…
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