Ward v. Buckingham

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry

Affirming.

The appellant, Edgar Ward, alleging that he was a citizen 'and taxpayer of Johnson county, Kentucky, instituted this suit in equity, in behalf of himself and on relation of all other taxpayers of the county, against the appellees, Claude Buckingham and wife, to recover upon a_ mortgage note, which they had executed in the principal sum Sf $1,500 payable to the fiscal court of Johnson county, Ky.

The appellant’s petition set out that this money, in the amount stated, had been loaned by the fiscal court of Johnson county to Claude Buckingham and wife…