Legal Opinion

Kentucky Electric Co. v. Buechel

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 8, 1912PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Chancery Branch, Second Division).

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Lassing

Beversing.

The Kentucky Electric Company is a Kentucky corporation, organized to engage in the manufacture and sale of electricity in the City of Louisville. In 1906 it obtained a franchise from the city, permitting it to use the streets thereof for it's conduits, poles and wires, used in the distribution of electricity to its patrons throughout the city. At or about the same time it constructed a large plant and began to actively carry on its business.

The City Assessor was proceeding to assess its property for taxes, and, conceiving that, under section 170…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. American Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
  2. Beggs v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1892
  3. People Ex Rel. Brush Electric Manufacturing Co. v. WempleNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  5. Lamborn v. BellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1893

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. United Illuminating Co. v. GroppoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  2. Suburban Propane Gas Corp. v. TawesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1954
  3. Curry v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  4. Peoples Gas & Electric Co. v. State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1947
  5. Pacificorp, Inc. v. Department of RevenueWyoming Supreme Court · 2017

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