Commonwealth v. Springfield, Maxville & Harrodsburg Turnpike Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 13 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM MERCER CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Revised Statutes, chap. 27, art. 19. Herman on Estoppel, secs. 571, 573, 541, 542, 559. Angelí & Ames on Corporations, sec. 267. Perry on Trusts, secs. 44, 242, 559, 560. 6 Bush, 413, Orphan Society of Lexington v. Fayette Co. Ct. 2 Acts 1850-51, pp.
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Case 13 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM MERCER CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Revised Statutes, chap. 27, art. 19. Herman on Estoppel, secs. 571, 573, 541, 542, 559. Angelí & Ames on Corporations, sec. 267. Perry on Trusts, secs. 44, 242, 559, 560. 6 Bush, 413, Orphan Society of Lexington v. Fayette Co. Ct. 2 Acts 1850-51, pp. J34, 510, 506. 1 Duvall, 297, Louisville v. Commonwealth. 1 Bush, 548, Ferguson v. Landram. 7 Ohio St. 624, Garnett v. Van Horn. 3 N. Y. 519, Brown v. Brown. 3 Wallace, 291, Van Hostrup v. Madison City. 4 Bibb, 62, Commonwealth v. McGowan. 5 Gal. 356, Farmers’ Bank v. Wyman. 1 Pet.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion oe the court.
At the November term (1851) of the Mercer Court of Claims the following order was made and entered:
“ Ordered, that the judge of the county court subscribe for stock in the road leading from Harrodsburg to Maxville, etc., to make a bridge across Salt River, $1,000.”
The Springfield, Maxville & Harrodsburg Turnpike Company was at that time constructing, or about to construct, its road between the two points named in the order. It may *256fairly be inferred from the answer of the company that the action of the court was had at its instance and upon its…
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