Spaulding v. Hill
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 1 — Action by Ben. Spaulding against C. .S. Hill to Recover a Percentage on Certain Judgments in Suits Instituted While Plaintipe was County Attorney. APPEAL PROM MARION CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintive Appeals. The appellant, Ben. Spaulding, was certainly present and assisted in the prosecution of the L. & N. it. R. Co., in all the indictments that were procured against it.
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Case 1 — Action by Ben. Spaulding against C. .S. Hill to Recover a Percentage on Certain Judgments in Suits Instituted While Plaintipe was County Attorney. APPEAL PROM MARION CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintive Appeals. The appellant, Ben. Spaulding, was certainly present and assisted in the prosecution of the L. & N. it. R. Co., in all the indictments that were procured against it. There are only two questions for the court to consider. 1. Wer,© the judgments at the January term, 1902, entered in pursuance of the agreement made and entered into between the Commonwealth and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion or the court delivered bv
JUDGE NUNN
Aeeirming.
Ben Spaulding was-the county attorney of Marion county from January, 1898, to the sixth day of January, 1902, on. which date appellee. C. S. Hill, succeeded him in said *3office. During the term of appellant’s office the grand jury of Marion county returned 14 indictments against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, and two of said indictments were tried before a jury; the verdict being a fine of $300 in one case, and $350 in the other. The railroad’s counsel, desiring to appeal from the judgment to test the liability of said…
2Cited by1 opinion
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