Scuffletown Fence Co. v. McAllister
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 20 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL EROM HENDERSON COMMON PLEAS COURT. cited Cooley’s Con. Lim., pages 390, 132, 254, 198-202, 402, 416, 524, 531, 480, 488, 573-589. Dillon on Municipal Corporations, sections 596, 598, 603; p. 573, n. 1; p. 70, n. 1. Am. Law Reg., Aug., 1873, p. 499. Herman on Estoppel, section 169. Bou. Law Die., “Assessment.” Acts 1871, vol. 2, page 266. 2Am. Railway Rep. 91. 1 Am.
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Case 20 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL EROM HENDERSON COMMON PLEAS COURT. cited Cooley’s Con. Lim., pages 390, 132, 254, 198-202, 402, 416, 524, 531, 480, 488, 573-589. Dillon on Municipal Corporations, sections 596, 598, 603; p. 573, n. 1; p. 70, n. 1. Am. Law Reg., Aug., 1873, p. 499. Herman on Estoppel, section 169. Bou. Law Die., “Assessment.” Acts 1871, vol. 2, page 266. 2Am. Railway Rep. 91. 1 Am. Railway Rep. 290. 9 B. Mon. 330, Ciieaney v. Hooser. 2 Met. 350, Cypress Pond Draining Co. v. Hooper. 8 Bush, 508, Broadway Baptist Church v. McAtee, &e. 3 Paige, 45, Beekman v. Saratoga & S. R.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PRYOR
delivered the opinion of the court.
By an act of the legislature passed in the year 1872 a number of persons owning lands in Henderson County, lying between the Ohio and Green rivers, were incorporated under the style of the Scuffletown Fence Company, with the power to erect a fence from river to river on a designated line, so as to include the whole of their lands from this fence to the confluence of the two rivers in one common field or inclosure. The company was empowered to levy a specific tax upon the owners of these lands in proportion to the number of acres owned by each…
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