Hogge v. Rowan County Fiscal Court

231 S.W.2d 8 (1950)

HOGGE, County Attorney,

v.

ROWAN COUNTY FISCAL COURT et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 23, 1950.

John M. Kinnaird, Frankfort, for appellant.

Squire N. Williams, Jr., Frankfort, for appellees.

VAN SANT, Commissioner.

We are asked to determine whether the Rowan County Fiscal Court has the authority to appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purchase of a tract of land which it proposes to convey, for a consideration of $1, to the Commonwealth, to be used as a site for district headquarters of the state police.

The Constitution, section 144 of which merely creates the fiscal…