Geneva County Com'n. v. Tice

This case presents once again a dispute between a county commission and a sheriff over the payment of overtime for deputy sheriffs.1

The specific question presented is whether a county commission can be ordered to pay for the overtime from funds neither budgeted nor appropriated to the sheriff's department.2 Consequently, a resolution of the question necessarily requires us to apply the doctrine of separation of powers as between the legislative and executive branches of government as that doctrine applies to the county commission's authority to appropriate a sufficient fund for the operation…