Legal Opinion

Bird v. Asher

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 13, 1916PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Bell Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

This suit was brought by the appellant, Bird, a taxpayer of Bell county, against the members of the fiscal court seeking to enjoin the fiscal court from issuing or selling $150,000.00 of road bonds authorized to be issued by a vote of the people of Bell county on May 13, 1916. The lower court sustained a general demurrer to the petition on the ground that it did not state sufficient facts to constitute a cause of action, and we are called on to determine the correctness of this ruling.

The petition charged, in substance, that in February, 1915, the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. Knox County Fiscal CourtCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  2. Russell County v. HillCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  3. Knipper v. City of CovingtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
  4. City of Marion v. HaynesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  5. Bradford v. Fiscal CourtCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Smith v. Livingston CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
  2. Thompson v. Bracken CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1956
  3. Ballard County v. Kentucky County Debt CommissionCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
  4. Gillis v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
  5. Collier v. Bourbon Fiscal CourtCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920

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