Farson v. County Board of Education of Perry County, Ky.

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant sued the Board of Education to recover money advanced to it by the decedent to fund outstanding indebtedness incurred by the Board for school expenses during preceding years. To fund this indebtedness the Board had issued to the decedent refunding notes in sums of $1,000 each, aggregating $19,000, payable to the decedent over a period of years. The questions to be decided are whether the Board had authority under the Constitution of Kentucky to incur the indebtedness and to issue the notes. Upon the trial a jury was waived, and .the late Judge Cochran held…