Flincheum v. Hickman County Kentucky Board of Education

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Appellants are citizens, taxpayers and consumers of utilities in Hickman County, Kentucky. For themselves and for all others similarly situated they filed a declaratory judgment suit attacking a 3% utility tax imposed by the fiscal court for the schools. They sought an injunction to prevent levying or collecting the tax. The tax was levied in compliance with a resolution of the Hickman County Board of Education. See KRS, Chapter 160. The trial court adjudged the levy valid and denied the injunction, from which judgment this appeal was lodged. We affirm.

Appellants alleged…