Meade v. Ratliff
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. J. M. J. Stewart, Special .Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals As a brief summary of the question, we submit: First: That the judgment in the case of Ferguson v. Ratliff has nothing to* do with the present case.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. J. M. J. Stewart, Special .Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals As a brief summary of the question, we submit: First: That the judgment in the case of Ferguson v. Ratliff has nothing to* do with the present case. The conveyance ' from Rhodes Meade to S. W. Ferguson was absolutely void, or even if voidable, merely the fact can not be denied that Ferguson nor any one claiming under and through him have ever made any claim whatever under that old conveyance. . Second: The old judgment -was not binding as res adjudicata upon" Rhodes Mea’de, or those…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Nunn
Reversing’.
Appellant sued appellee in ejectment to recover about 100 acres of land. On tlie trial the lower court gave a peremptory instruction to the jury to find for. appellee. The only question.necessáry to be considered is whether there was any evidence introduced by appellant sustaining his claim to the land. It appears that in the year 1844 there was issued by the Commonwealth a patent to Chas. Trout covering about 300 acres of land. This patent has a well marked and defined boundary. Appellant’s testimony shows that this patent boundary includes the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Luen v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1887
- Fort Jefferson Improvement Co. v. DupoysterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
- Harman v. BrewsterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1870
- Moss v. CurrieCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1833
- Shrieve v. SummersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1833
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- Hopson v. CunninghamCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Pioneer Coal Company v. Asher, Sr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
- Doyle v. CornettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
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