Moore v. Knott County

MOREMEN, Justice.

Appellants, E. M. Moore and William Hicks, have moved for an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellees, Hiram Gibson et al., in the sum of $1,000.

John P. Gibson, who was the father of nineteen children, owned a boundary of land in Knott County and, on March 12, 1915, he conveyed by deed to five of his children this parcel of land. The deed contained this phrase: “It is understood that the parties of the first part excepts the timber growing on this land from 15 inches up.” By proper legal processes the title to this tract of land became vested in one of the appellants and,…