Commonwealth v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Nunn

Affirming.

This is an action instituted by a revenue agent to recover taxes on certain personal property alleged to have been omitted from assessment for the year 1909. The action was instituted in 1909, in the Jefferson County Court. Answer was filed, but for want of reply the suit was dismissed, and the revenue agent appealed to the circuit court. Several motions were made in the circuit court, but they were not passed upon and the action lay dormant on the docket until September 23rd, 1912. Appellee moved to dismiss because of the failure of the revenue…