Trustees of Hawesville v. Hawes's Heirs
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 63 — PETITION ORDINARY — CITED Session Acts, 1835, pp. 242-3. 1Marshall, 153, McMillen v. Brown. 1Marshall, 406, Coleman v. Morrison. 4 Littell, 120, Trustees of Falmouth v. Horter. 4 Littell, 322, Jackson, &c. v. Winn’s heirs. 1 Wheaton, 292, Walden v. The Heirs of Gratz. 8 Dana, 50, Kennedy’s Heirs v. Trustees of Covington, &c. 3 B. Mon. 442, Trustees of Augusta v. Perkins. 5 Mon. 402, Pemberton v. Riddle. 7 B. Mon. 685, Wickliffe v. Bascom. 24 Pick. 109, Arnold v.…
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Case 63 — PETITION ORDINARY — CITED Session Acts, 1835, pp. 242-3. 1Marshall, 153, McMillen v. Brown. 1Marshall, 406, Coleman v. Morrison. 4 Littell, 120, Trustees of Falmouth v. Horter. 4 Littell, 322, Jackson, &c. v. Winn’s heirs. 1 Wheaton, 292, Walden v. The Heirs of Gratz. 8 Dana, 50, Kennedy’s Heirs v. Trustees of Covington, &c. 3 B. Mon. 442, Trustees of Augusta v. Perkins. 5 Mon. 402, Pemberton v. Riddle. 7 B. Mon. 685, Wickliffe v. Bascom. 24 Pick. 109, Arnold v. Stevens. 1 Bouvier’s Law Die. 667, “Highway.” 4 Viner’s Abr. 502. Comyn’s Dig. Chemin (A 2). Angelí on Highways, sec. 315.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered tub opinion oe tub court.
Richard Hawes, being the owner of the land on which the town of Hawesville, in Hancock County, is now situated, on the 5th day of November, 1827, executed the following writing:
“ This certifies that in case a new county is established I will make a donation of seventy-five acres of land, as far as my right extends, beginning at the mouth of Lead Creek, thence up as far as Mr. McQuady cultivates, and back square from the river; I to give one or two acres for public buildings, the streets, and half the lots, retaining the other half, and the ferry…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- M'Millan v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1818
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- West Covington v. FrekingCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1871
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