BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MADISON COUNTY v. WAGERS


239 S.W.2d 48 (1951)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MADISON COUNTY et al. v. WAGERS, Sheriff-Tax Collector, et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clay Shackelford, A. R. Burnam, III, Shackelford & Burnam and George T. Ross, all of Richmond, for appellants.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., John Noland, Richmond, John Y. Brown, Lexington, Rodes K. Myers, Bowling Green, Salem Moody, County Atty., Richmond, for appellees.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This declaratory judgment action questions the authority of the Sheriff of Madison County to retain as compensation for the collection of local school taxes an amount greater than one percent thereof. The Chancellor adjudged the Sheriff was entitled to the statutory allowance of four percent, fixed by KRS 160.500, and denied an injunction sought by appellants to enjoin him from receiving a fee in excess of that amount.

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