Harney v. Fayette County Fiscal Court
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 32. — ACTION BY L. D. HARNEY AGAINST THE FAYETTE COUNTY FISCAL COURT AND OTHERS.— Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court. Watts Parker, Circuit Judge.
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CASE 32. — ACTION BY L. D. HARNEY AGAINST THE FAYETTE COUNTY FISCAL COURT AND OTHERS.— Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court. Watts Parker, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals — The appellants contend that the' fiscal court of Fayette county has illegally an-di wrongfully appropriated out of the revenues of Fayette county divers large sums of money, amounting to the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum. 1. That there is no-warrant or authority of law to provide light, fuel or water to the county offices, circuit clerk, county clerk, county attorney,…
1Opinion of the Court
*249Opinion of the Court by
Judge Hobson —
Dismissing appeal.
L. D. Harney, suing for himself and other taxpayers of Fayette county, brought this suit against the Fayette fiscal court, the members of the court personally, and the jailer of Fayette 'county, stating in effect in his petition that he was a taxpayer and resident of the county, and that the fiscal court was paying out annually a large sum of money for fuel, light, water, and other attention to the offices in the courthouse, without authority of law. He prayed that the fiscal court be enjoined from appropriating any of the funds of the…
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