Norton's Exrs. v. City of Louisville
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
■Case 111 — Action by the City of Louisville against George W. Norton’s Executors, for Taxes on Certain Real Estate. APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION, NO. 2-SHACKELFORD MILLER, judge.
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■Case 111 — Action by the City of Louisville against George W. Norton’s Executors, for Taxes on Certain Real Estate. APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION, NO. 2-SHACKELFORD MILLER, judge. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendants Appeal. 1. It is conceded that all the property of the Louisville Baptist Orphans’ Home is exempt from taxation. 2. We submit that under the will the testator designed the ¡property in question to belong to the Baptist Orphans’ Home, -and the fact that it was to be allowed to accumulate in the hands of the trustees for a period sufficient to enable them…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE PAYNTER
Reversing.
The purpose of this action is to determine whether George W. Norton and John W. Barr, Jr., as executors and trustees under the will of the late Wm. F. Norton, should pay the taxes upon certain real estate in the city of Louisville which was the property of the testator at the time of his death. Sundry bequests were made by the testator, and the pleadings admitted that the personal estate in the hands of the executors is sufficient to meet' all demands against *838tlie estate. The proceeds of the real estate sought to be taxed will go to the…
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