Legal Opinion

Trustees of Augusta v. Perkins

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided January 18, 1847PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error to the Bracken Circuit. Chancery. Case 53.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall

The County Court of Bracken had no right to recover from the Trustees of Augusta the1 amount contributed by the county or Court, to the erection of the ■court house, and other public buildings on the public square in Augusta, because the trustees have never deprived the county of the use of the buildings for the purpose for which they were erected, but desired its •continuance, and still desire its renewal; and because the contribution of the County Court having been made for the benefit of the county, in the' public use of the buildings for the session of the Courts, &c., the county has by…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. City of Indianapolis v. KingsburyIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Cook v. TottenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Wagner v. HatcherCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910

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