Larue County Board of Education v. Scott

STEWART, Judge.

Earl Scott, sheriff of Larue County, filed this action against the Larue County Board of Education, seeking a declaration of rights to determine the amount to which he was entitled for collection of taxes for the board for the year 1954.

The lower court found (1) that the fiscal court of Larue County having fixed the annual compensation of the sheriff at $7,200 and his deputy hire at $5,500, such amounts must be accepted as evidence of reasonable compensation for these officials for the year 1954; (2) that the court was bound by the uncontradicted evidence that the sheriff’s…