Le Moyne v. Roundtree
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 7 — ACTION BY JOHN V. LeMOYNE AGAINST ENOS A. ROUNDTREE TO RECOVER LAND A-ppeal from Whitley Circuit Court. Wm. IT. Holt, Special Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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CASE 7 — ACTION BY JOHN V. LeMOYNE AGAINST ENOS A. ROUNDTREE TO RECOVER LAND A-ppeal from Whitley Circuit Court. Wm. IT. Holt, Special Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. A reversal of the judgment is asked on the following grounds: 1. Because of error.in instructing the jury. 2. Refusal to give a peremptory instruction to find for appellant. 3. The admission of incompetent testimony. .4. The verdict is flagrantly against the evidence. 5. Because of refusal to give instruction asked by appellant. 6. Because of improper argument by counsel for appellee. 7. Because of error in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Judge Barker
Reversing.
This action involves the title to 1481-2 acres of land in Whitley county, Ky. It was begun by the appellant, John V. Le Moyne, filing a petition in the Whitley circuit court describing the land in question by metes and bounds, alleging himself to be the owner and entitled' to the immediate possession thereof, and that he had been ousted from his lawful possession by the appellee (defendant) Enos A. Roundtree. The appellee filed an answer putting in issue appellant’s title and right to possession of the land described in the petition, and by a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mann v. CavanaughCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
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