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DUNCAN v. JEFFERSON COUNTY FISCAL COURT

262 S.W.2d 674 (1953)

DUNCAN, County Atty., et al. v. JEFFERSON COUNTY FISCAL COURT et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 4, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence G. Duncan, County Atty., Louisville, J. W. Jones, Asst. County Atty., Louisville, for appellants.

Samuel Steinfeld, Stewart J. Miller, Louisville, for appellees.

COMBS, Justice.

The question is whether the Jefferson County Fiscal Court can legally supplement the compensation paid by the state to the Honorable Joseph J. Hancock for services as special judge. The lower court held that it could.

Honorable J. Ward Lehigh, one of the regular judges of the Jefferson Circuit Court, has been unable by reason of illness to perform the duties of his office since February, 1953. Judge Hancock was appointed special judge by the...

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