Knott County v. Hays, Sheriff

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Stites

Reversing..

This proceeding was commenced by the filing of a claim by appellee, Farris Hays, sheriff, for $895 in arresting fees, before the fiscal court of Knott county- The fiscal court denied the claim, and appellee appealed to the Knott circuit court. He filed only the order of the fiscal court, and a copy of his claim, without any petition or statement of appeal. His claim contains a detailed tabulation of some hundred and seventy odd arrests made under the Rash-Gullion Law (Laws 1922, c. 33) in 1930 and 1931.

The county filed what it calls an “answer,”…