Ward v. Edge
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 105 — PETITIONS ORDINARY AND EQUITY APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. 1. A parol gift of land, accompanied with an adverse holding, under the gift for the statutory period, ripens into a possessory title. (Moore v. Webb, 2 B. M., 282; Com. v. Gibson, 9 Ky. L. R., 205, and authorities there cited; 10 Ky.
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Case 105 — PETITIONS ORDINARY AND EQUITY APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. 1. A parol gift of land, accompanied with an adverse holding, under the gift for the statutory period, ripens into a possessory title. (Moore v. Webb, 2 B. M., 282; Com. v. Gibson, 9 Ky. L. R., 205, and authorities there cited; 10 Ky. L. R., 607.) That being true, the evidence of Ward, Sr., and Lanham, showing a specific agreement to give the particular land to appellant, and an express recognition of the obligation to do so were competent. 2. Part of the tenants in common can not recover the whole estate, for they…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BURNAM
delivered the opinion or the court.
In the first-styled appeal the action was instituted by appellees in- the Daviess Circuit Court to recover a tract of one hundred and fifty-nine and a half acres of land located in said county, which was claimed by appellees to belong to them as heirs at law of one Walter Ward, deceased, who had died childless and intestate, they being the children of his deceased brothers and sisters, all of whom were the descendants of decedent’s father, John Ward.
The land was described by metes and bounds, and the exact relation of each plaintiff to .decedent…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Klatt v. N. C. Foster Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Preston v. BreckinridgeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
- Tilford v. Bank of KentuckyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1834
3Cited by18 opinions
- Flinn v. BlakemanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Bevington v. BevingtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Owsley v. OwsleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
- Tippenhauer v. TippenhauerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- City of Hazard v. EversoleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
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