Commonwealth v. Louisville Property Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE SO. — ACTION BY TIHE COMMONWEALTH AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE PROPERTY COMPANY AND' ANOTHER. FROM A JUDGMENT SUSTAINING A DEMURRER TO THE PETITION, COMPLAINANT APPEALS. Appeal from Bell Circuit Court. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the petition, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge O’Rear
Affirming-
This action was instituted against two corporations to escheat certain unimproved land in Bell *691county, Ky., because the corporations had owned the lands for more than five years, when during the whole of that time the ownership of that property was neither proper nor necessary for carrying on the legitimate business of the corporations, or of either of them. The corporations sued are the Louisville Property Company and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. The lands were conveyed to the corporation the Louisville Property Company during the…
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