Boyle County Stockyards Co. v. Commonwealth, Department of Agriculture

HOWERTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment by the Franklin Circuit Court, upholding the validity of an administrative regulation relating to the testing of livestock for brucellosis.

Pursuant to the duties and power set forth for the Board of Agriculture, in relation to livestock disease control, in Chapter 257 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, the Board adopted a regulation requiring bru-cellosis tests for all livestock at stockyards. The regulation was declared void for being vague, incomplete and for containing irreconcilable conflicts. A new regulation was quickly prepared and given…