Griffey v. Bryars
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 24 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM HICKMAN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED 11 B. Monroe, 164, Wickliffe y. City of Lexington. 1 Littell, 148, Trustees of Louisville v. Gray. Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, 154. 5 Bush, 405. CITED Revised Statutes, Act of 1854, 2 Stanton, 102.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered the opinion op the court.
The appellants, as trustees of an organized society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Hickman County, with others, brought this suit in equity against the appellees, Bryars and Utterback, claiming to be in possession and invested, as trustees, with the legal title to a tract of about four acres of land, including a burial-ground and house of religious worship, to which they allege the defendants were “ setting up claim; ” *472and in consequence of such, asserted claim they sought the judgment of the court to compel its relinquishment, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wickliffe v. City of LexingtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1850
- McKinney v. GriggsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1869
- Trustees of Dover v. FoxCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1848
3Cited by1 opinion
- Riley v. BuchananCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903