Jones v. Patterson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Burnam.

*718The controversy in this case involves the title and ownership of about three thousand acres of land located upon the waters of the south fork and the tributaries thereof of Quick Sand Creek in Breathitt county, Kentucky. The appellees, Patterson and the Davis heirs, claim under fifteen Kentucky patents issued to Robert P. Davis in 1867. There is also a controversy between Patterson and the Davis heirs as to the ownership of the land, but both agree that appellants have no interest therein. The appellants, J. S. Stone, D. D. Jones, D. R. Clark, C. J. Little,…