Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Quin

Reversing.

In this snit it was sought to escheat to the Commonwealth twenty parcels of land owned and held by defendant in the towns of Bellevue and Dayton, contrary to the provisions of sections 192 of the Constitution and 567 of the Kentucky Statutes.

We will refer to the parties as they appear in the trial court.-

Instituted in the name of the Commonwealth, it is alleged in the petition that the suit was authorized by a writing made in behalf of the 'Commonwealth by the auditor of public accounts, and George J. Herold and Brent Spence, and that same had been…