Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976), 1939

Magoffin County v. Cooper

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · Decided March 14, 1939 · Stanley, Howard

126 S.W.2d 834; 277 Ky. 384; 1939 Ky. LEXIS 669 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

A. H. ADAMS for appellant, H. H. KAMEY for appellee.

Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner,

Reversing.

*385 This case is a companion of Magoffin County v. Bailey, 277 Ky. 383, 126 S. W. (2d) 833, this day decided.

The claim filed with and rejected by the Magoffin Fiscal Court is by A. L. Cooper, present sheriff, for “land sold for 1934 taxes,” $416. The form in which it was made is like that required for claims against a decedent’s estate. It was not even itemized. The judgment awards Cooper all that he asked for.

The motion of the county for an appeal is sustained and the judgment reversed for the reasons stated ' in the Bailey opinion.

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