Miles Auto Co. v. Dorsey

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

*693In Hollis v. Weis singer, 142 Ky., 129, this court held that the fiscal court of Jefferson County had no authority to purchase at automobile for the use of the court. Before this opinion had been handed down the court purchased an automobile from the appellant, Miles Auto Co., and paid to it $4,744.14 for the machine. Thereafter, on refusal of the fiscal court to bring a suit to recover back the money so paid, the appellees, as members of the court and taxpayers of Jefferson County, brought this suit against the appellant company to recover the…