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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Kitchens finds the lower court improperly awarded funds to a school district. A county recovered funds from a business through bankruptcy proceedings, and the school district argued it was entitled to a portion of the funds. The lower court awarded the school district an amount equal to a shortfall it experienced in one relevant year, but the county argues the school district is not entitled to the funds. The instant court finds the school district is funded yearly via established accounts that hold sufficient funds to cover the school district’s budget regardless of the collection of taxes, with delinquent tax collection falling to the county for recovery. While the school district did experience a shortfall one year, the statutory procedure to recover the funds is for the school district to issue a promissory note to recover the funds from the county, which it chose not to do. The school district is not entitled to the recovered tax money. Reversed.