Goodpaster v. United States Mortgage Bond Co.

*285Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

This appeal imposes upon us the duty of construing section 2223b of the Kentucky Statutes passed by the legislature in 1902. The parts of the section more directly involved are found in subsections 1 and 8 of the section under consideration. The question arises in this way: The appellee (plaintiff), prior to September 2, 1916, was duly and regularly incorporated, having complied with all of the provisions of the law to effect its corporation, and on that day it amended its charter in compliance with the law, after which it applied to the appellant…