Coulter v. Louisville Bridge Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 5 — Action by the Louisville Bridge Company against Gus. G. Coulter, Auditor, for an Injunction. — October 22. APPEAL FROM FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals.
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Case 5 — Action by the Louisville Bridge Company against Gus. G. Coulter, Auditor, for an Injunction. — October 22. APPEAL FROM FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. The appellant filed a general demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition, which was overruled by the lower court, and failing to plead further the court granted a permanent injunction according to the prayer of the petition from which judgment this, appeal is prosecuted. #The question presented is whether, the former Board of Valuation and Assessment, by declaring there was “no franchise,” can estop the…
1Opinion of the Court
*44Opin'on of the court by
JUDGE O’REAR
— Affirming.
The Louisville Bridge Company filed with the auditor of public accounts in September, 1898, its report as of September 15, 1898, then required of it by law to enable the value of its franchise to be ascertained and assessed for taxation by the board of valuation and assessment for the year 1S98. The report was duly received by the auditor, and was by him submitted to the board of valuation and assessment, and considered and acted upon by the board, who-valued appellee’s franchise at the sum of $529,998. The auditor directly notified appellee, in…
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- Henderson Bridge Co. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
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