Bennett v. Whitley County

CULLEN, Commissioner.

On behalf oif Whitley County, a citizen and taxpayer of the county brought action against Morten Bennett, County Judge, to recover certain sums alleged to have been paid to the judge illegally out of county funds, in excess of his lawful salary, during a previous term of office and during his present term. In the first paragraph of the petition, recovery was sought of sums paid to the judge in excess of the salary fixed by the fiscal court, and in the second paragraph recovery was sought of a portion of the fixed salary payments, on the ground that the fiscal court had…