Culton v. Napier

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming

This case has been wending its way leisurely back and forth through the courts for more than thirty years. This is its third trip to this court. Culton v. Couch, 230 Ky. 586, 20 S. W. (2d) 451; Culton v. Napier, 242 Ky. 683, 47 S. W. (2d) 519.

In 1895 the appellant, J. M. Culton, purchased from John Couch a one-half interest in 587 acres of land in Leslie county. He failed to lodge his deed for record until September, 1906. In the meantime, John Couch had sold and conveyed small portions of the 587-acre tract to the appellees Ballard Napier and Jack…