Williamson v. Louisville Industrial School of Reform
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
*Oase 42 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Brief withdrawn. The defendant is an agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and can not 'be sued without the consent, of the Commonwealth. (Earnham v. Pierce, 141 Mass., 203; 1 Duv., 297; 81 Ky., 212; 82 Ky., 666; 13 Bush, 226.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HAZELRIGG
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellee, the Louisville Industrial School of Reform, was created a body-corporate by an act of the General Assembly in 1854, under the name of the Louisville House of Refuge. Its object and business was to take charge of such youths as might be committed to it, .and care for their moral and physical training and education. It was a charity, and its purpose was reformation by training its inmates to habits of industry and by instilling into their minds the principles of right living to the end that they might become useful citizens of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Perry ex rel. Perry v. House of RefugeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1885
- Farnham v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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