Legal Opinion
Sturgill v. Beard
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided July 8, 1957PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, Commissioner.
The appeal is from a judgment invalidating certain regulations the Department of Public Safety adopted on December 20, 1956, establishing a “Point System” under which the Department suspended the motor vehicle operator’s license of John Wesley Beard. The circuit court was of the opinion the Department had exceeded its statutory authority in promulgating the regulations, and therefore held that the order issued by the Department suspending Beard’s driver’s license under those regulations was void. We reverse the judgment for the reasons hereinafter assigned.
The Department…
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