Stanley v. Townsend

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The purpose of this action, filed by appellee as a citizen and taxpayer of tbe state in tbe court below against tbe Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners of tbe state of Kentucky and tbe officers composing it, is to test tbe constitutionality of an act passed by tbe legislature at its 1916 session, known as senate bill number 318, and being chapter 50 of tbe 1916 acts, and is found on page 500 of tbe official publication of tbe acts enacted during that session.

Tbe trial court decided that tbe act was in violation of sections 49 and 50 of tbe…