German Insurance v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeals from Jefferson Circuit Court (Chancery Branch, First Division).
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
Affirming.
These two escheat cases involve questions of public-interest and grow out of an attempt on the part of the-Commonwealth for the benefit of the Louisville School Board to forfeit certain real estate owned by the insurance company, upon the ground that it had owned and held the property for longer than five years in violation of the Constitution and statutes made in pursuance thereof.
The facts are these: The German Insurance Company was incorporated by a special act of the General Assembly of this State in 1854, and under this charter, subject, to…
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