Mechling v. Dawson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

In the year 1888, Thomas. S. Kennedy, who lived with his wife on a 22-acre tract of land situated on the south side of the old Shelbyville turnpike road about five miles from the court house in Louisville, subdivided that portion of the tract between his residence and the turnpike (now Frankfort avenue) into 11 building lots, with a street or court 100 feet in width leading to the residence. The subdivision was located in what was then known as the town of Crescent Hill. Crescent Hill was afterwards annexed to the city of Louisville, and the turnpike…