Jones v. Hamilton

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Barker

Reversing.

This action involves the title to 28 acres of land in Knox county, Ky. The appellees claim to own it under a patent from the commonwealth issued to W. *254S. Miracle and John C. Goodin on the 25th day of July, 1892. The appellants claim title to it by virtue of a patent issued to them by the commonweatlth on the 29th day of December, 1905. Appellees are the vendees of Miracle and Goodin and own all the land covered by the patent issued to their vendors. As the patent to Miracle and Goodin was issued about 13 years prior to that under which…