Commonwealth v. Fritz

1 Citing case

  1. Cooper v. Kentuckian Citizen

    258 S.W.2d 695 (Ky. Ct. App. 1953)   Cited 8 times
    In Cooper, supra, our highest court considered whether Robert F. Cooper, a taxpayer who purported to represent all the members of the class of Bourbon County taxpayers, could establish his standing to pursue an appeal against certain governmental units of Bourbon County and the City of Paris.

    It provides in specific terms who is to prepare the statements, what information shall be included in them, and the time and method of publication. Where the language of a statute is clear, it is the duty of the courts to give force and effect to the language as written. Reed v. Greene, Ky., 243 S.W.2d 892; Com. ex rel. Unemployment Compensation Commission v. Fritz, Ky., 236 S.W.2d 262; Shelby County Fiscal Court v. Cosine, supra. It is said by appellant that the statute, as construed by the trial court, places an unreasonable burden on the public officials and an unnecessary expense on the taxpayers.