Latham v. Lindsay
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 80. — ACTION BY NELLIE E. LINDSAY AGAINST G. N. T. LATHAM TO RECOVER LAND. — Appeal from Todd Circuit Court. W. P. Sandidge, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES CITED. 1. Statement of facts' and review of testimony, showing that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence. 2. The judgment is void or erroneous, because it adjudicates noinmg and is too uncertain and vague. (Foreman v. Redman, 9 Ky.
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CASE 80. — ACTION BY NELLIE E. LINDSAY AGAINST G. N. T. LATHAM TO RECOVER LAND. — Appeal from Todd Circuit Court. W. P. Sandidge, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES CITED. 1. Statement of facts' and review of testimony, showing that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence. 2. The judgment is void or erroneous, because it adjudicates noinmg and is too uncertain and vague. (Foreman v. Redman, 9 Ky. Law Rep., 531; Mary Neff v. Covington Stone & Sand Co., 22 Ky. Law Rep., 139.) 3. The motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict should…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Carroll —
Affirming.
The appellee, Mrs. Nellie E. Lindsay,'who was the plaintiff below, brought this action to.recover from G. N. T. Latham, defendant below, a tract of land described in her amended petition as follows: “Beginning at a stake near a branch, Bowman’s corner, and running thence N 19%°-E. along the old Willoughby line; about 140 poles to a small hickory on the hill side, Willoughby’s old corner; thence S. 24° E. 14 poles; thence S. 19%° W. 140 poles; thence N. 81° W. 14 poles to the beginning.” She alleged that she was the owner and entitled to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Meyer v. City of CovingtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
- Four Mile Land & Coal Co. v. SlusherCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
- Neff v. Covington Stone & Sand Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
3Cited by8 opinions
- Harrod v. ArmstrongCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
- Ballew v. DennyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944
- Shaw v. McKnight-keaton Grocery Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Oglesby v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
- Blalock v. DarnellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
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