Legal Opinion
District of Clifton v. Cummins
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 18, 1915PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Campbell Circuit Court.-
1Opinion of the Court
*527Opinion of the Court by
Judge Nunn
Affirming.'
The district of Clifton-in Campbell county is a municipality, but not a- city or town as- designated by Chapter 89 of the Kentucky Statutes. This municipality, by. an act approved February 1, 1888, was incorporated and given certain powers of self government vested in a Board of Trustees.
The autonomy of the district as a municipality was recognized by this court in the case of Gleason v. -Weber, 155 Ky., 431.
■ Section 6 of the act creating the municipality gave to the board of trustees the power to levy and collect an ad valorem tax, a license tax…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Simrall & Co. v. City of CovingtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
- City of Henderson v. LockettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- City of Covington v. WoodsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
- Gleason v. WeberCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Bowser & Co. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
3Cited by5 opinions
- City of Monticello v. BatesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Board of Education v. ScottCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
- Juett v. Town of WilliamstownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- City of Lebanon v. Goodin ex rel. GoodinKentucky Supreme Court · 2014
- Smeltzer v. MesserCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949