TAYLOR v. COMMONWEALTH


302 S.W.2d 583 (1957)

George H. TAYLOR et al., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. V. Forsyth, Ashland, Alexander H. Sands, Littleton M. Wickham, Richmond, Va., for appellants.

Burnis Martin, Prestonsburg, Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Hugh Hollingsworth, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

In 1941 the Commonwealth brought an action in the Floyd Circuit Court, under K. S. §§ 4076b to 4076k (since repealed), to forfeit for nonpayment of taxes the title or claims of persons to a tract of 300,000 acres lying in Floyd, Pike, Knott and Letcher Counties, under the Haskell Patent of 1797. The Pen-Ken Gas and Oil Corporation and the Duke-Whitney Gas and Oil Company were named defendants, and all unknown owners or claimants also...

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