Cooley v. Sturgill

WADDILL, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Floyd Circuit Court sustaining defendants’ special answer and plea in abatement and dismissing plaintiffs’ suits. These actions were instituted by taxpayers of Floyd County, who were allegedly acting for and on behalf of the county, against Troy Stur-gill, former sheriff, Duran Moore, county clerk, and A. B. Meade, sheriff. The fiscal court was made a party defendant in each action. Plaintiffs sought to recover certain sums allegedly illegally paid ffo the three county officials by the fiscal court, and sums illegally retained by…