Board of Penitentiary Commissioners v. Spencer
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
Reversing.
The appellee, Louis Spencer, and several other convicts serving ■ terms of imprisonment in the Kentucky State Reformatory, in behalf of themselves and other convicts, brought this suit against the Board of Peni tentiary Commissioners, asking a mandamus to compel the board to set apart and place to their credit as convicts certain sums of money to which they asserted they were entitled under an act passed by the Legislature during the session of 1910. The lower court granted the relief prayed for, and the Board of Penitentiary Commissioners appeal.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Varney v. JusticeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
- Bliss v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1822
- McCreary v. SpeerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Purnell v. MannCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
- Bryan v. VossCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
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3Cited by67 opinions
- City of New Orleans v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Johnson v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. MeredithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Lakes v. GoodloeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
- Manning, Commissioner of Finance v. SimsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948
- White v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2000
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