Clarke v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Rockcastle County Board of Education

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Reversing.

D. G-. Clarke was the sheriff of Rockcastle county for the term beginning in 1922. During the years 1922 and 1923 he made several applications to the fiscal court to appoint a commissioner to settle with him. The court made four appointments of a commissioner for this purpose, but each of the four men declined to act. Thus things ran along until a fifth appointment was made. This commissioner accepted the appointment. He made a settlement for the year 1922 on January 4, 1924. This showed that Clarke owed the school board $2,132.83, and he…