Evansville, Henderson & Nashville R. R. v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 48 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL EROM ERANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Charter of appellant, act of January 27, 1867. Act of February 28, 1871. Act of 1864, Myers’s Supplement, 480. Act of March 8, 1851, incorporating H. & N. R. R. Co. Revised Statutes, chap. 83, sec. 10. Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, 239-244. 2 Washburn’s Real Property, 19. 15 Johns. 358, 387, People v. Utica Insurance Co.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hardin
This action of the commonwealth against the Evansville, Henderson & Nashville Railroad Company was instituted by the attorney-general for the recovery of the sum of $8,828.86 for taxes alleged to be due from the corporation, under the act “to tax railroads, turnpike-roads, and other corporations, in aid of the sinking fund,” approved February 20, 1864. (Myers’s Supplement, 480.)
That act provides “ that the several railroads in this commonwealth, their depots, grounds, and improvements, with the right of way, engines, rolling-stock, and other improvements for the uses and purposes of the road,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bradley v. McAteeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1870
3Cited by1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. Owensboro & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1884