Legal Opinion

City of St. Matthews v. City of Beechwood Village

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided December 13, 1963PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRAY, Commissioner.

In this declaratory judgment action the City of Beechwood Village sought an adjudication that a three acre tract of land had been annexed by it. Defendant City of St. Matthews asserted a similar claim. Marshall Realty Company, the owner of the land, intervened and sided with St. Matthews. The Chancellor, being of the opinion the annexation proceedings by Beechwood were invalid, nevertheless adjudged (1) Marshall was estopped to challenge those proceedings, and (2) since St. Matthews annexed only to the legal boundaries of Beechwood and the ostensible legal boundaries…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sanitation Dist. No. 1 of Jeff. Co. v. City of Lville.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948
  2. Garner v. City of LexingtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1957
  3. O'Hara v. City of South Fort MitchellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1956
  4. Donovan v. City of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1956
  5. Turner v. KellyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1927

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Louisville Shopping Center, Inc. v. City of St. MatthewsKentucky Supreme Court · 1982
  2. City of Lebanon v. Goodin ex rel. GoodinKentucky Supreme Court · 2014
  3. Hopperton v. City of CovingtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1967
  4. Willis v. City of CorbinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1978
  5. White v. City of DanvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1971

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