Commonwealth for Use of Fleming Co. v. Plummer

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Stanley

Affirming.

Some time before January 6, 1928, the fiscal court of Fleming county formally authorized and directed E. Y. Hall, treasurer, to make claim upon certain former officers of the couuty for reimbursement of sums appearing from the report of accountants to have been wrongfully withheld and misappropriated by them. He was further authorized through special counsel employed by the county to institute suit against those officers who did not pay the claims asserted against them. Under that authority suit was instituted against the appellee A. P.…