Joyes v. Jefferson County Fiscal Court
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 76 — INJUNCTION— APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION. 1. The city of Louisville is separated by law for county governmental purposes from the remainder of Jefferson county. Sec. 2744 Ky.
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Case 76 — INJUNCTION— APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION. 1. The city of Louisville is separated by law for county governmental purposes from the remainder of Jefferson county. Sec. 2744 Ky. Stats. 2. Section 144 permits such separation, either continuing from the .past or to -be created in the future. 3. Section 144 of the Constitution permits the General Assembly to limit the jurisdiction ef the fiscal court in a county such as Jefferson, containing a city separated, etc., to that part of the county outside of the city, and to limit the membership of such a court to the…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE GUFFY
deuvereb the opinion oe the court.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court, Chancery division, adjudging that the county judge and all the justices of the peace in Jefferson county constitute the fiscal court of said county. The opinion of the trial judge contains such a clear statement of the matters involved and the reasons for the conclusions reached that we copy from said opinion as follows:
“The question.to be determined, therefore, is, what persons constitute the fiscal court of,, Jefferson county? In tracing the history of the legislation concerning…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Clark v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1873
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