Commonwealth v. American Express Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hurt

Dismissing original and cross-appeal.

This is a penal action brought in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against the American Express Company, in the Grayson circuit court. The petition charged the express company, with a violation of Sub-section 2 of section 2569-b, Ky. Statutes, in that county, and sought to recover of the express company the sum of two hundred dollars. The petition was subscribed by the Commonwealth’s attorney for the judicial district, which embraces Grayson county. The express company entered a plea of not guilty, and a trial being…