Greene v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Marshall

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Mason circuit court, ordering the appellants, Mary B. Greene and others named in the petition, jointly and severally, to pay to the commonwealth of Kentucky and Mason County certain franchise or intangible property taxes found owing upon a retroactive assessment of their interstate Aberdeen-Maysville ferry operation, which they had omitted or failed to report for assessment and taxation, in violation of the Franchise Tax Law (sections 4077-4082 inch, Kentucky Statutes).

Further the court adjudged that the…