Leslie County v. Keith

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Logan

— Reversing.

Dr. P. J. Keith, the appellee, rendered medical services to the poor in Leslie county, and submitted his claim for $1,289 to the fiscal court for payment, which was refused. He appealed to the circuit court, where a trial before a jury resulted in a verdict in his favor for $300, and the county has brought the record here and entered a motion for an appeal. The motion must be sustained, the appeal granted, and the judgment must be reversed.

Section 1840, Kentucky Statutes, vests in the fiscal court authority to appropriate county funds which are…