Tierney v. Shamburger

SIMS, Chief Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding which questioned the validity of an appropriation of $500 made by the Fiscal Court of Jefferson County to be used in purchasing robes for the Judges of the Circuit Court of that county. The case was heard by a Special Judge, the late Hon. Will H. Fulton, a former distinguished member of this Court and its former Chief Justice, who held that the appropriation was legally made. While the amount involved is only $500, we regard the question of sufficient importance to justify a written opinion by this Court. Judge Fulton’s opinion is.…