Miller, Com'r. of Finance v. Sturgill, Sheriff

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Rees

Reversing.

Chapter 171 of the Acts of 1946, KRS 62.155, provides as follows:

“Each sheriff who, under the provisions of KRS 62.140(2), 62.150, 64.120 or 64.130, would not be entitled to have a claim against the state for the amounts paid for premiums on the bonds required of him by law, shall have a valid claim against the state for the amounts paid by him for premiums on such bonds, when the bonds have been executed by an incorporated surety company authorized to do a surety business in Kentucky, and when the claims are verified by his affidavit.”

The…