105 Ky. 357 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1899
delivered the opinion oe the court.
The legal principles determined on the first appeal of a case are not merely precedents for the guidance of this court on a second appeal of the same case. But the law as first determined — right or wrong — is the law of the case, and must control, not only the lower court upon a return of the case, but also this court in any subsequent appeal. Opinion of appellate court on first appeal can not be revised in the same cause upon a second appeal. Legrand v. Baker, 6 T. B. Mon., 243; Ford v. Gregory’s Heirs, 10 B. Mon., 175. On a former appeal in this case, 16 Ky., 679 [29 S. W., 293], it was held, contrary, perhaps, to the weight of authority,
Under the authority referred to, we are powerless to disturb the judgment, and it is therefore affirmed.