Barkley, County Judge v. Gatewood

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Affirming.

G. G. Barkley, County Judge of Scott County, Kentucky, and the other members of the fiscal court, brought this action under the Declaratory Judgment Act against Greenville Stockdell, ex-sheriff of Scott county for the years 1934 to 1937, inclusive, asking for a declaration of rights with respect to the liability of the fiscal court to pay for long-distance telephone calls made by the sheriff over the telephone in his office on official business and for the purpose of the apprehension of criminals.

The defendant filed his answer admitting the…