Schneider v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Wills

Reversing.

The commonwealth of Kentucky, on relation of the Commonwealth’s attorney for the ninth judicial district and the county attorney of Hardin county, instituted an action in equity against W. P. Schneider for the purpose of forfeiting' to the commonwealth an acre of ground near Vine Grove in Hardin county, Ky. It was alleged that the land contained improvements consisting of a storehouse and outbuildings used in connection therewith, and that the defendant used said building and premises for the purpose of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors to…