189 Ky. 390 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1920
Opinion of the Court by
Affirming.
At the April, 1917, term of the Hopkins county fiscal court, J. B. Stanley was appointed treasurer of Hopkins county for a term of four years. Prior to-his appointment the compensation of the county treasurer was fixed at one per cent of all amounts paid out by him, exclusive of the funds received from the state for state road purposes, thus making his compensation about $700.00 per annum. At a meeting of the Hopkins county fiscal court held in the month of November, 1919, Stanley, after hearing and notice, was removed from office. At that time he had about a year and one-half to serve. From that order Stanley appealed to the circuit court, which dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction. From that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
The fiscal court of a county has the power to apponit a county treasurer and to remove him from office at any time for cause. Section 929, ■ Kentucky Statutes. The statute does not provide for an appeal from the order'of removal, but it is insisted that an appeal is authorized by section 978, Kentucky Statutes, providing that “appeals may be taken to the circuit court from all orders and
Judgment affirmed.