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74 Ky. 613

Rice v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided January 7, 1876

Court of Appeals of Kentucky · decided 1876-01-07

<p>Appeals erom county court to Court oe Appeals not allowed. The law authorizing appeals in certain cases from the j udgment of a county court directly to the Court of Appeals was repealed by the adoption of the General Statute, sec. 2, art. 22, chap. 28, p. 311.</p>

Decided 1876-01-07

JUDGE PRYOR

¶1delivered the opinion oe the court.

¶2The appellants having been made liable by a judgment of the Lawrence County Court on a bond executed by them as the sureties of one Charles Handley for his appearance to answer a charge of bastardy, etc., have prosecuted an appeal to this court.

¶3The law authorizing appeals in certain cases from the judgment of a county court directly to the Court of Appeals was repealed by the adoption of the General Statutes.

¶4Section 2 of article 22 of chapter 28, General Statutes, provides that “no appeal shall be taken to the Court of Appeals from a judgment for the recovery of money or personal property if the value in controversy be less than $50, exclusive of *614cost; nor to reverse a judgment granting a divorce or punishing contempt, nor from an order or judgment of a county court, quarterly, city, or police court, nor from a court held by a justice of the peace, or one having jurisdiction not greater than that of a justice of the peace, nor from a bond having the force of a judgment.”

¶5The appeal is therefore dismissed.

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