Ronsh v. Vanceburg, Salt Lick, Tolesboro & Maysville Turnpike Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 22. — ACTION BY A. RONSH AND OTHERS AGAINST THE VANCEBURG, SALT LICK, TOLESBORO & MAYSVILLE TURNPIKE CO., &c., TO ENFORCE THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN BONDS Appeal from Lewis Circuit Court. James P. Harbeson, Circuit Judge. From a judgment of dismissal plaintiffs appeal. 1. Judgment should not have been set aside: First.
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Case 22. — ACTION BY A. RONSH AND OTHERS AGAINST THE VANCEBURG, SALT LICK, TOLESBORO & MAYSVILLE TURNPIKE CO., &c., TO ENFORCE THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN BONDS Appeal from Lewis Circuit Court. James P. Harbeson, Circuit Judge. From a judgment of dismissal plaintiffs appeal. 1. Judgment should not have been set aside: First. Our first contention is that the county of Lewis, being a quasi public corporation, was not entitled under the circumstances of the case to have the judgment set aside. (Davis v. Steuben School Tp., 19 Ind. App., 694.) Second. That it was an abuse of discretion for the court…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
J udge .0 ’Rear
This suit was filed in the Lewis Circuit Court on March 11,1898, by appellants, who are the administrator and distributes of John Ellison, deceased, to enforce the payment of certain bonds issued about the year 1872 by the Vanceburg, Salt Lick, Tolesboro & Maysville Turnpike' Company. The turnpike company, Lewis county, and the Lewis county fiscal court were made defendants to the action. The suit was to subject the road to the payment of appellants’ debt. The road having been acquired by Lewis county by virtue of the free turnpike act, it was sought by. appellants to…
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- Jasper v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1835
- Gregory v. McFarlandCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1863
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