Bryant v. Commonwealth

Opinion -of the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Reversing.

This action was instituted in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by the Commonwealth’s attorney, for the 27th judicial district, wherein Laurel comity is situated, to secure a forfeiture of the titles of the unknown owners and claimants, who claim title under and through a patent granted to one William Mor*371gan on the 26th day of October, 1815, for 640 acres of land, which is situated in that county, for the failure to list for taxation, and the non-payment of taxes upon the land for each year since and including- the year 1899. The…