Veith v. Dunlap

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sims

Affirming.

Appellant, Bernard Veith, attempted to bring this declaratory judgment action as a resident, citizen and taxpayer of Jefferson County against the members of the Fiscal Court of that county and seven certain employees for the Board of Tax Supervisors (hereinafter referred to as the Board) of the county. He questioned the authority of the Fiscal Court to employ and pay the salaries of these seven persons and asked the court to declare that body had no right under the statutes to do so, and that he should recover the salaries for the benefit of…