Louisville School Board v. King
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 75. — ACTION BY WALTER. S. KING AGAINST GUSTA McMICHAEL AND OTHERS FOR THE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF A CONTRACT IN THE SALE OF A LOT IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, WHICH DEFENDANT CLAIMED HAD ESCHEATED TO THE LOUISILLE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE PLAINTIFF COULD NOT MAKE HER A VALID TITLE THERETO. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; Chancery Branch (Second Division). . Samuel B. Kirby, Judge. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal PROPOSITION.
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CASE 75. — ACTION BY WALTER. S. KING AGAINST GUSTA McMICHAEL AND OTHERS FOR THE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF A CONTRACT IN THE SALE OF A LOT IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, WHICH DEFENDANT CLAIMED HAD ESCHEATED TO THE LOUISILLE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE PLAINTIFF COULD NOT MAKE HER A VALID TITLE THERETO. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; Chancery Branch (Second Division). . Samuel B. Kirby, Judge. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal PROPOSITION. Title to corporate property held' for more than five years in contravention of section 29, Ky. Stats., does not pass from the corporation, nor vest…
1Opinion of the Court
*828Opinion op the Court by
Judge Settle
Affirming.
By a writing of date April 11, 1907, Walter S. King for a valuable consideration sold and agreed to convey to tbe appellant Gusta McMichael a parcel of ground in tbe city of Louisville. Tbe lot had previously been conveyed to. tbe Louisville Banking Company by a deed from tbe Parkland Improvement Company, dated July 10, 1897. On August 31, 1905, tbe Louisville Banking Company by deed conveyed tbe same lot to Grant and Wilson. Later Walter Wilson by deed conveyed bis undivided one-half interest therein to Grant, who by deed, of April 20, 1906,…
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