Keeney v. Waters
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 64. — ACTION BY FRANK WATERS AND OTHERS AGAINST J. H. KEENEY AND OTHERS. Appeal from Wayne Circuit Court. M. L. Jarvis, Circuit Judge.
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CASE 64. — ACTION BY FRANK WATERS AND OTHERS AGAINST J. H. KEENEY AND OTHERS. Appeal from Wayne Circuit Court. M. L. Jarvis, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.- We submit that there is no merit in this case for the appellees, who are simply the tools- of the Stearns Lumber Co. and W. A. Kinnie, its agent, and. this suit is the outgrowth of a ohampertous agreement between Kinnie, as the agent of said company, and the appellees, a contract that is condemned by our statutes and by the common law as well. POINTS AND AUTHORITINES CITED. 1. A mere usurper of land without…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Wm, Rogers Clay, Commissioner
Affirming.
The appellees, Frank Waters and others, instituted this action against J. H. Keeney and others to recover *527a tract of land in Wayne county, Ky., consisting of 50 acres. J. H. Keeney and others denied the title of appellees and pleaded title in themselves by adverse possession. The jury returned a verdict in favor of appellees. From the judgment based thereon, this appeal is prosecuted.
The 50-acre tract of land was patented by James Coffey on the 27th day of June, 1841. Coffey, in his lifetime, sold this land to G. W. Troxell, but…
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- Cumberland Tel. & Tel. Co. v. MaxberryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
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