HENDRICKSON v. APPERSON

No. 427.

245 U.S. 105 (1917)

HENDRICKSON, JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT OF TAYLOR COUNTY, KENTUCKY, v. APPERSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 5, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Helm Bruce, with whom Mr. Abel Harding was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. L.A. Faurest, with whom Mr. A.E. Richards and Mr. Lewis Apperson were on the briefs, for respondent.

Mr. Ernest Macpherson, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Seeking to enforce a long-standing judgment against Taylor County, respondent instituted this proceeding (May, 1916) in the United States District Court at Louisville against County Judge Hendrickson and justices of the peace constituting the Fiscal Court. The judgment was based on bonds authorized by a special act of the Kentucky legislature approved in 1878 and...

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