Neptune Fire Engine & Hose Co. v. Board of Education

'Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Miller. — •

Reversing.

The question for decision in this case is, whether the land of the Neptnne Fire Engine & Hose Co. No. 2, of Maysville, Ky., upon the dissolution of that corporation, should, (1) revert to the grantor of the land, or (2) go to the Board of Education of Mason County, or (3) be distributed among the living members of the corporation.

The appellant was incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly, approved March 24th, 1851, which reads as follows :

“An Act to incorporate the Neptune Fire Engine & - Hose Co., of Maysville.”

“Sec. 1. Be it…