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HAMILTON v. CITY OF LOUISVILLE

332 S.W.2d 539 (1960)

A. Scott HAMILTON, Commonwealth Attorney, Jo M. Ferguson, Attorney General, Appellants, v. CITY OF LOUISVILLE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 19, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Scott Hamilton, Commonwealth Atty. of Jefferson County, Louisville, Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Walter C. Herdman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

William E. Berry, Acting Law Director, Herman E. Frick, Henri L. Mangeot, Asst. City Attys., Louisville, for appellee.

CLAY, Commissioner.

We are again faced with the tribulations of time. This suit is an attack on the validity of our 1952 statute undertaking to regulate its official measurement in Kentucky. The Chancellor held the Act void.

It was anciently observed, "Our time is a very shadow that passeth away". In Kentucky this is only a half truth. Our time is a fleeting shadow, but unfortunately, as a chronic problem in calculation, it will not pass away.

It cannot...

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