Board of Education v. Greenhill

CAMMACK, Judge.

The Board of Education of Carter County, the appellant, instituted this action to recover $7,331.05 from Chester Green-hill, sheriff of Carter County, alleging that he had withheld commissions, excessive in that amount, for the collection of school taxes for the years 1954 and 1955. The sheriff withheld a commission of 4 per cent of all school taxes collected. He arrived at that percentage by applying the provisions of the 1954 amendments to KRS 134.310. The trial court entered judgment for $2,621.45 in favor of the Board, finding that the reasonable cosf of collecting school…