Jefferson County Fiscal Court v. Trager, Etc.

Opinion of the Court by

Van Sant, Commissioner

—Affirming in part, reversing in part.

Appellee, George C. Trager, Jefferson County Tax Commissioner, instituted this action under Sections 639a — 1 to 639a — 12, inclusive, of the Civil Code of Practice, seeking a declaration of his right to receive Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) per annum from the general fund of Jefferson County, as its contribution to the salaries of the Commissioner’s assistants, under the provisions of KRS 132.590(5). The pertinent part of that section provides:

“*** In any county assessing more than one hundred million…