Johnson v. City of Fulton
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 76. — ACTION BY W. C. JOHNSON AND OTHERS AGAINST THE CITY OF PULTON TO ENJOIN THE AUTHORITIES FROM APPROPRIATING REVENUES TO BUILD A COURTHOUSE AND JAIL. Appeal from Fulton Circuit Court. R. J. Bugg, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiffs appeal. In discussing the constitutionality of the act, it is our purpose to discuss this portion of the case only in part.
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Case 76. — ACTION BY W. C. JOHNSON AND OTHERS AGAINST THE CITY OF PULTON TO ENJOIN THE AUTHORITIES FROM APPROPRIATING REVENUES TO BUILD A COURTHOUSE AND JAIL. Appeal from Fulton Circuit Court. R. J. Bugg, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiffs appeal. In discussing the constitutionality of the act, it is our purpose to discuss this portion of the case only in part. We beg to submit to the court that this act is unconstitutional for the following grounds and reasons, to-wit: 1. Because, it is a local and special act to regulate the jurisdiction, practice and circuits of the courts…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Chief Justice Hobson
Affirming.
The last General Assembly passed the following-statute :
*597“An act to regulate the holding of circuit courts in comities in which there are towns over seventeen miles from the county seat, and having a larger population than the county seat.
'“Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
‘ ‘ Sestion 1. That, in all counties in the State having a town not larger than the fourth class, and containing a population larger than that of the county seat according to the federal enumeration, 1900, and situated over seventeen miles from the…
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- Commonwealth v. E. H. Taylor Jr. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
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