Commonwealth v. Markham
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 28 —FINE APPEAL PROM PRANEXIN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED 5 Bush, 660, Trustees of Falmouth v. Watson. 2 Gross’s System of Surgery, page 414. CITED Frankfort City Ordinances, pages 92, 93. Revised Statutes, Myers’s Supplement, 189. Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, “ Tax.”
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Robertson
The charter of the city of Frankfort delegates to its council authority to levy ad valorem taxation on the real and personal estate of its citizens for local revenue, and also to make by-laws for their comfort and security consistent with the constitution and laws of the state.
A penal ordinance for security against pestilent dogs not seeming, on trial, sufficient for the end, the council adopted the following supplemental provision: “ That all persons own*487ing or controlling dogs within the city of Frankfort are hereby required annually, on the 10th day of April, to apply to the city clerk to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Board of Trustees v. WatsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1869
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Shadoan v. BarnettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
- Hofer v. CarsonOregon Supreme Court · 1922
- Fincher v. CollumCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
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