Legal Opinion
Gatliff Coal Co. v. Lawson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided March 21, 1952PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOREMEN, Justice.
The appellees filed suit to quiet title to a 182 tract of land situate on Sang Branch on Bear Mountain, Whitley County. Many persons have attempted to appropriate this mountainous and remote land, and it has been the subject matter of several grants from the Commonwealth.
The first patents which contained a grant of the land here involved were issued to: (a) Carrington Jones in 1852; (b) Thomas E. Siler in 1856; and (c) Alfred L. Clapp in 1874. These are the senior patents and we are not concerned with any conflict between them, but we must decide whether appellants who claim…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Piney Oil & Gas Co. v. ScottCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Tennis Coal Co. v. SackettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- LeMoyne v. HaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
- Griffith Lumber Company v. KirkCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- New Domain Oil Gas Co. v. Gaffney Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Sweeten v. SartinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1953
- Ford Motor Co. v. PotterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1959
- Coleman v. Republic Steel Corp.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1955
- Thompson v. GontermanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1955