Legal Opinion

Crabbe v. Board of Trustees of Graded School Dist. No. 24

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 24, 1909PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from. Franklin! Circuit Court. R. L. Stout, Circuit Judge. From the judgment defendant appeal CONCLUSION. We represent to the Court that any question that affects the common school fund of Kentucky is to be seriously taken and considered. The question in this case is an important one, and if appellee’s contentions- are to be taken, the policy of well guarding the State School Fund, of Kentucky will be severely shattered.

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Appeal from. Franklin! Circuit Court. R. L. Stout, Circuit Judge. From the judgment defendant appeal CONCLUSION. We represent to the Court that any question that affects the common school fund of Kentucky is to be seriously taken and considered. The question in this case is an important one, and if appellee’s contentions- are to be taken, the policy of well guarding the State School Fund, of Kentucky will be severely shattered. The language of the Constitution and the Statute is unmistakably clear, as we see it. We do not believe that this Court will undertake to give any construction that…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Barker

Affirming.

This action was instituted by the appellee in the Franklin circuit court for the purpose of securing’ a writ of mandamus against the Auditor of Public Accounts and the superintendent of public instruction, requiring them to turn over to appellee the sum of $1,389.96 due district No 24 as its portion of the state school tax for the school year between July, 1906, and June, 1907. There is no dispute about the facts of the case; the difference between the parties litigant being merely a difference in construction of section 186 of the Constitution and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Collins v. HendersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1874
  2. Superintendent of Public Instruction v. Auditor of Public AccountsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Talbott, Auditor Pub. Accounts v. Ky. State Bd. Educa.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
  2. Commonwealth v. Southern Pacific Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  3. Ramsey v. County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914

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