Citizens Coal Co. v. Foley

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Ratliff

Reversing.

On June 4, 1938, appellee obtained from Tom Gr. Mooney, Justice of the Peace of Fayette County, a writ pf forcible detainer against appellant seeking to recover possession of certain property in the .City of Lexington, Kentucky. The writ was duly executed and in due course a trial was had on June 8, 1938, resulting in judg- ■ ment of guilty-of forcible detainer, and the judgment further ordered, the Sheriff or Constable of Payette County to put appellee in immediate possession of the property.

On June 15, 1938, a transcript of the…