111 Ky. 100 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1901
Opinion of the court by
Affirming.
Appellant brought this action again'st appellees Pruit, Young, and Riggs, seeking to recover of them $604, being the balance due appellant for the construction of a school house in Calhoun, Ky., white common-school district No. 12. His petition sets out in full the contract under which the house was built, and alleges full performance on his part, and the payment by appellees of $2,173, and a balance due of $604. The petition seeks to hold appellees personally liable. The court below1 sustained a demurrer to the petition, and, after amendment, sustained a demurrer to the petition as amended. Appellant then tendered an amended petition, which is made part of the record, but the court refused to permit it to b'e filed. The last amendment which was tendered,, but refused, attempts to state a cause of action against the school district by alleging that the contract was made for the district, and the school house built for the district, which was receiving the benefit thereof by having the schools taught therein; and .also alleged that the district trustees, appellees, had made an ' order levying a tax of one dollar poll, and twenty-five cents on the $100 ad valorem for four years beginning in April, 1898, and had collected only one year; the revenue for the year not being stated, nor is the number of polls nor taxable property given. Upon the refusal of the court to permit the second amendment to be filed', the .appellant failed to plead further, and his petition was dismissed; hence this appeal.
The theory of the original and first amendment is that