.120   Person first suing entitled to certain fines and forfeitures.


431.120 Person first suing entitled to certain fines and forfeitures.
The person who first, in good faith, brings an action for and recovers judgment shall be
entitled to the penalty incurred by the defendant in all cases where a part or all of the fine
or forfeiture is given by law to the person suing. No action or judgment to screen the
offender from a penalty, or to prevent an action for the penalty in good faith by another
person, shall be available against a prosecution carried on in good faith and without
collusion with the defendant.
Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 1359.