SHAMBURGER v. DUNCAN


244 S.W.2d 759 (1951)

SHAMBURGER, County Judge, et al. v. DUNCAN, County Attorney.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 21, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. F. Clarke, Louisville, for appellant.

Lawrence G. Duncan, Louisville, for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The state, in the exercise of its police power to enact laws for the general welfare of the people, particularly for the conservation and development of its natural resources and adding to its wealth (Annotations, 13 A.L.R. 2nd 1081), enacted a statute authorizing the fiscal court of any county to acquire and maintain lands for "a permanent public forest". Acts of 1946, Chapter 93, KRS 149.200 et seq. Jefferson County acquired an area of about...

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