Brocking v. O'Bryan
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASK 60. — ACTION BY ANNA L. BROOKING AGAINST P. D. O'BRYAN TO RECOVER THE VALUE OF HER PROPERTY WRONGFULLY SOLD FOR HER HUSBAND’S TAXES. — October 2. Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. T. P. Birki-iead, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals —
1Opinion of the Court
*544Opinion op the Court by
Judge Hobson —
Reversing.
Anna L. Brocking brought this suit in the Daviess circuit court which sustained a demurrer to her petition, and she appeals.
The facts stated in the petition, as the case is presented, are these: J. C. O’Bryan in the year 1907 was tax collector for the city of Owensboro. As such he had in his hands for collection taxes against B. B. Brocking, the husband of Anna L. Brocking. He levied the taxes on a phaeton, which was the individual property of Anna L. Brocking, and sold it .at public auction. The defendant, P. D. O’Bryan, her came the purchaser…
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