GRIGGS v. DOLAN

No. 87-SC-886-DG.

759 S.W.2d 593 (1988)

Charles GRIGGS, Robert D. Woods, II and Martha Shropshire, Executrix of the Estate of James S. Shropshire, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Movants, v. Michael DOLAN, Property Valuation Administrator; Don Blevins, Fayette County Court Clerk; Lones Taulbee, Sheriff, Fayette County; Department of Revenue of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; Board of Education of Fayette County, Kentucky; and Rene True, Property Valuation Administrator, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Maclin, III, Charles R. Hembree, Lexington, for movants.

William E. Sloan, George Allgeier, Lexington, for respondent, Bd. of Educ.

James D. Brannen, Ross Carter, Frankfort, for respondent, Revenue Cabinet.

Norrie Wake, Joseph R. Wheat, David Vest, Florence S. Huffman, Lexington, for respondents Dolan, Blevins, Taulbee and True.


LEIBSON, Justice.

This is a simple case rendered confusing by the complexity of the litigation.

Movants are taxpayers, owners of agricultural and horticultural property in Fayette County, who claim that the method of assessment utilized by the Property Valuation Administrator was unconstitutional for the years 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985. Their Complaint, as Amended, seeks two forms of relief: declaratory relief adjudicating that their taxes have been...

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