BELL COUNTY v. BALL


302 S.W.2d 131 (1957)

BELL COUNTY, Kentucky, et al., Appellants, v. Harry BALL, Jailer, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Wilson, Pineville, Robert J. Watson, Middlesboro, for appellants.

H. Kelly Clore, James Wilson, Pineville, for appellee.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Earle V. Powell, Asst. Atty. Gen., as amici curiae.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This controversy raises the question of whether or not a 1954 Amendment to KRS 64.150, which increased the amount of fees allowable to jailers for keeping, dieting and releasing prisoners, when applied to jailers in office at the time of the passage of the amendment, effects a change of compensation prohibited by section 161 of the Kentucky Constitution.

Appellee Ball was duly elected to the office of jailer of Bell County for a term of...

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