Covington Trust Co. of Covington v. Owens

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

In 1918 Whitley county issued, for a county purpose, a series of county bonds, and in 1925 another series of bonds was issued by it. In 1933 the county — in which some of its tax paying citizens joined for themselves and for the use and, benefit of other similar tax payers— filed a petition in the Whitley circuit court naming as defendants all of the holders of either issue of bonds referred to, embracing resident as well as non-resident owners; and other owners not known to plaintiffs, were made parties under the general designation of “unknown…