CHESHIRE v. CITY OF FRANKFORT


272 S.W.2d 37 (1954)

Billy Todd CHESHIRE, Appellant, v. CITY OF FRANKFORT, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Todd Cheshire, Frankfort, for appellant.

Charles Hobson, Frankfort, for appellee.


COMBS, Justice.

In substance, the question on this appeal is whether the 1949 amendment to Section 246 of the Kentucky Constitution, increasing compensation limits for public officers, was self-executing as to certain public officers compensated by fees, whose maximum compensation was not limited by statute at the time the amendment was adopted.

Billy Todd Cheshire, prosecuting attorney of the City of Frankfort, received more than $5,000 in fees during the...

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