Kentucky Live Stock Breeders' Ass'n v. Hager
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 16. — ACTION BY KENTUCKY LIVE STOCK BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION AGAINST S. W. HAGER, AUDITOR, FOR A MANDAMUS TO PAY $15,000 APPROPRIATED TO THE STATE FAIR. . Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
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Case 16. — ACTION BY KENTUCKY LIVE STOCK BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION AGAINST S. W. HAGER, AUDITOR, FOR A MANDAMUS TO PAY $15,000 APPROPRIATED TO THE STATE FAIR. . Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The expenditure of public funds for the purpose of exhibiting the various resources of the State, either at a State Fair or at a great national or world’s exposition, tends to develop the material resources of the State; to stimulate commercial enterprise; to educate the people to enlightened methods of agriculture, stock raising,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion- by
CniEF Justice Hobson
Reversing.. The following act became a law without the signature of the Governor on March 29,1902 (Acts 1902, p. 243, c. 112); “An act to provide for the improvement and development of the live stock, agricultural and kindred interests by the establishment -and maintenance of a State Fair.
“Whereas, the State of Kentucky has fallen behind her sister States in the development of her live stock and her agricultural products, and has lost the prestige and high standing her live stock once gave her, and whereas, in former times breeders from all parts of . the United…
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