BENNETT v. WHITLEY COUNTY


243 S.W.2d 54 (1951)

BENNETT v. WHITLEY COUNTY.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 26, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Feather, T. E. Mahan, and R. L. Brown, all of Williamsburg, for appellant.

Shumate & Shumate, Irvine, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

On behalf of Whitley County, a citizen and taxpayer of the county brought action against Morten Bennett, County Judge, to recover certain sums alleged to have been paid to the judge illegally out of county funds, in excess of his lawful salary, during a previous term of office and during his present term. In the first paragraph of the petition, recovery was sought of sums paid to the judge in excess of the salary fixed by the fiscal court, and...

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