Commonwealth v. Louisville Property Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming

This action was brought in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to escheat certain lands in the county of Bell, the title to which is held by appellee, Louisville Property Company, for the alleged use and benefit of the appellee, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company; it being in substance charged in the petition that the latter company purchased and paid for the lands and unlawfully caused them to be conveyed to the Louisville Property Company, a corporation created solely for that purpose., because the title to the lands could not lawfully…