LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY v. KENTUCKY

No. 179.

170 U.S. 127 (1898)

LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY v. KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.L. Burnett for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James P. Helm for defendant in error. Mr. Helm Bruce was with him on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by the Commonwealth of Kentucky to enforce a lien in its favor upon certain real and personal property of the Louisville Water Company, a Kentucky corporation; which lien, it was alleged, was for taxes amounting to $12,875 for the year 1886. The property upon which the State claimed this lien included the pipes, mains, buildings, reservoirs, engines, pumping stations, etc., belonging to...

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