125 Ky. 350 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1907
Opinion op the Court by
Reversing.
This is a penal action instituted by the' commonwealth by virtue of section 11 of the Criminal Code, for the collection of a penalty prescribed in section 576 of the Kentucky Statutes of 1903, which reads as follows: “Every corporation organized under the laws of this State, and every corporation doing business in this State, shall, in a conspicuous place, on
The only question involved upon this appeal is’ whether or not the answer, assuming the truth of the facts therein alleged, constituted a good defense. We have not been cited to, nor have we been able to find, any authority directly upon the question. The purpose of the statute is to give notice to- persons
When the General Assembly has said by law that a thing shall be doné in a particular way or manner, we are constrained to hold that the statute should be complied with in that way or manner, or at least in such a way that there can be no doubt that-the intention and purpose of the statute has been completely fulfilled. We are of the opinion that th-e facts alleged in the answer of appellee do not meet the requirement of the statute.
For these reasons, the judgment of the lower court is reversed, and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.
Petition for rehearing by appellee overruled.