Vaughn v. Hulett
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 45 — Action by C. T. Vaughn Against H. B. Hulett, County Treasurer, for an Injunction to Prevent Him From Improperly Paying Out the County Funds to Road Overseers. — APPEAL FROM LAWRENCE CIRCUIT COURT-S. G. KINNER, CIRCUIT JUDGE. Judgment for Defendant.
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Case 45 — Action by C. T. Vaughn Against H. B. Hulett, County Treasurer, for an Injunction to Prevent Him From Improperly Paying Out the County Funds to Road Overseers. — APPEAL FROM LAWRENCE CIRCUIT COURT-S. G. KINNER, CIRCUIT JUDGE. Judgment for Defendant. Plaintiff Appeals. 1. Appellant insists that road overseers appointed by the county court under section 4309, Kentucky Statutes, to work the public roads under the “road hand” system are not entitled to compensation for their services; that the only provision made for such officers in consideration for their services to the public, is in…
1Opinion of the Court
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JUDGE' NUNN
Reversing.
At a special term of the fiscal court of Lawrence county held in the month of June, 1908, the following order was entered: “It is ordered by the court that the road overseers of this county be paid a reasonable compensation per year as a salary for their services as such, but in no event to exceed §50 per annum, beginning on and after July 1, 1903, and provided the number of overseers in the county is not to exceed twenty.” In pursuance of this order the county court caused the county to be divided into seventeen road precincts, and fixed the…
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