Legal Opinion
Southern Holding & Securities Corp. v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided June 3, 1932PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Drury, Commissioner—
Affirming.
The Southern Holding & Securities Corporation, the Southern Surety Company of Iowa, and Alberta B. Church have appealed from a judgment forfeiting to and vesting in the commonwealth of Kentucky the title of the appellants to certain lands in Perry county, Ky.
On or about the 1st day of January, 1872, there was issued by this commonwealth to William M. Smith and A. F. Baum a number of patents covering in the aggregate about 54,000 acres of land.
On September 7, 1931, the commonwealth of Kentucky, by John H. Asher, commonwealth’s attorney for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eastern Ky. Coal Lands Corp. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
- Coy v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
- Brown's v. GreeneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Grays v. MillsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
3Cited by2 opinions
- Southern Holding & Securities Corp. v. Kentucky River Coal Corp.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1938
- Southern Holding & Securities Corp. v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. StevensCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933