Kentucky Utilities Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Reversing.

The grand jury of Barren county returned an indictment against appellant, charging it with the violation of the “Unfair Trade Practices Act,” chapter 109 of the 1936 Acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky, now incorporated in Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes, Baldwin’s 1936 Revision, as section 4748h-l to 4748h-14, both inclusive. The act became effective May 15, 1936.

It appears that the indictment was drawn under section 1 of the act, now section 4748h-l, Kentucky Statutes, which, in so far as is pertinent, reads:

“It shall be unlawful for any…