Zable v. Louisville Baptist Orphans' Home
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 17 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. Brief not in record. 1. The Legislature has power to exempt charitable institutions and schools from taxation. (Barbour v. Louisville Board of Trade, 82 Ky., 645.) 2. The petition is defective in that it fails to show that the Council ever took any action to fix the depth of the grade. The Council had no power to leave the question of grade either to the contractor or the City Engineer.
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Case 17 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. Brief not in record. 1. The Legislature has power to exempt charitable institutions and schools from taxation. (Barbour v. Louisville Board of Trade, 82 Ky., 645.) 2. The petition is defective in that it fails to show that the Council ever took any action to fix the depth of the grade. The Council had no power to leave the question of grade either to the contractor or the City Engineer. (Joyes v. Hydes & Goose, 4 Bush, 464; Henderson v. Brown, 7 Ky. Law Rep., 609.)
1Opinion of the Court
CHIBE JUSTICE HOLT
delivered the opinion op the court.
The appellant, P. Zable, sues to enforce a lien against the property of tbe appellee, the Louisville Baptist Orphans’ Home, for its proportion of the cost of constructing an alley abutting it under a contract with the city of Louisville.
The answer denies the averments of the petition, and in a second paragraph avers that it is a corporation conducted solely for charity, realizing no profit from its investments; and that its charter, which ante-dates the ordinance under which the improvement was made, in consideration of public services…
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