Commonwealth v. Louisville Property Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 76. — CLAIM BY THE COMMONWEALTH AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE PROPERTY CO. AND ANOTHER..— Appeal from Bell Circuit Court. M. J. Moss, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals — (No brief in the record for appellant.) POINTS DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES CITED. 1. The trial court properly held that the attorneys who brought this suit, and used the name of the Commonwealth as plaintiff therein, were without authority so to do.
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CASE 76. — CLAIM BY THE COMMONWEALTH AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE PROPERTY CO. AND ANOTHER..— Appeal from Bell Circuit Court. M. J. Moss, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals — (No brief in the record for appellant.) POINTS DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES CITED. 1. The trial court properly held that the attorneys who brought this suit, and used the name of the Commonwealth as plaintiff therein, were without authority so to do. Therefore, the judgment of the trial court awarding rules against said attorneys to show by what authority .of attorney they were prosecuting said suit;…
1Opinion of the Court
*792Opinion op the Court by
Judge Settle
Reversed.
By thisiaction in equity instituted in the court below the appellant, Commonwealth of Kentucky, sought to recover of the appellees Louisville Property Company and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company certain lands situated in Bell county and particularly described in the petition, the title to which it is alleged is held by the Louisville Property Company for the use and benefit of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, under some sort of arrangement between them, the nature and object of which is to enable the railroad company to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. Wisconsin Chair Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
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- Commonwealth ex rel. Board of Education v. Mehler & Eckstenkemper Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Commonwealth v. Roberta Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920