Tool v. Kinman

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hobson

Reversing.

Frank Kinman and Jolm S. Tool own adjoining lots in 'the town of Lusby, Kentucky. Kinman brought this suit against Tool charging that he had fenced in a strip oft his lot twenty feet wide. Tool filed an answer controverting the petition and pleading champerty and adverse possession. On a trial of the case, there was a verdict and judgment in favor of Kinman for a strip sixteen and a half feet wide. Tool appeals.

*209Tlie proof shows that the'strip in controversy lies within Tool’s fence, and that the fence was built where it now stands about six years…