City of Hartford v. Gillespie

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Richardson —

Reversing.

The determination of the issues presented herein requires a chronological statement of the statutes and the deeds involved, and a construction of them.

The city of Hartford, Ohio County, Ky., was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly, approved February 3, 1808. 3 Litt. Laws of Kentucky, p. 442.

In July, 1871, the trustees, under the statutes in operation at that time, constituted a board to do business. They were “a body corporate, and by that name [trustees] may sue and be sued,” with the right to “elect one of their body chairman of…