Richmond Cemetery Co. v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 94 — IN EQUITY APPEAL FROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. No brief on file for the appellant. The questions of law at issue in this case are all settled in the case of Smith v. Mercer County, recently decided, 20 Ky. Law Rep., 812. See also Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of Louisville v. Zimmerman, 19 Ky. Law Rep., 689.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lewis
delivered tiie opinion oe the court.
In 1889, bonds of Madison county, of the face value of $125,000, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent., and payable in thirty years, were issued and sold to pay a subscription to the capital stock of the Richmond, Nicholas-ville, Irvine & Beattyville Railroad Company, made on behalf of that county. This action was brought by the Richmond Cemetery Company, a corporation, owning one of these bonds, to enjoin the Madison Fiscal Court from calling in the original bonds, and issuing and selling in lieu thereof new bonds, bearing interest at the rate of 4…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Smith v. Mercer CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
3Cited by2 opinions
- Hall v. Fiscal Court of Fleming CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Bank of Columbia v. Taylor CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901