Bates v. Pigman

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson—

Affirming.

In 1848 Nathaniel Oollinsi had a survey made of 150 acres of land in what was then Letcher County, and in 1850 a patent was issued to him for it. In 1851 Polly Bentley had a survey made of 100 acres of land and on this survey a patent was issued to her in 1852. These two patents lapped. Robert Bates claims under the Bentley patent; Cus Pigman under the Collins patent, the dispute between them being as to which one of them owns now the land within the lap. It is conceded that the Collins patent is the older, but Bates insists that he owns…