No constable shall buy, or become interested by contract in, any claim against another put into his hands for collection. Any such purchase or contract may be relied on by a defendant in bar of a suit on such claim, or as a ground for vacating a judgment or quashing an execution thereon.
KRS 70.400
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 443.