Capital Theater Co. v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice Settle
Affirming.
This penal action was brought in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against the Capital Theater Company, a corporation organized under the laws of this-state and possessing such powers as are common to-private corporations; among which is the right to contract and be contracted with, to sne and be sued. Its business is the conducting of a theater in Frankfort, Kentucky, at which plays are presented by moving pictures-to those who pay for admittance to the building known as the Capital Theater. The object of the action was to-*782recover…
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