Kirby v. Jacobs
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
ERROR. TO BOURBON CIRCUIT. Chancery. Case 24. Case stated. After a lapse of twenty years, tlie chancellor, will not grant relief to a purchaser for a deficiency inland conveyed.
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Crenshaw
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 21st day of April, 1825, Richard Kirby ■conveyed to William Jacobs a tract of land, supposed to contain one hundred acres; and on the 22d day of August, 1850, being more twenty-five years from the day of the conveyance, this suit in chancery was instituted to recover from Kirby for an alleged deficiency in the quantity of land. According to the survey, made under an order of court, the boundary, a3 run by the surveyor, falls short of one hundred acres, by more than fourteen acres. The consideration paid for the whole tract by Jacobs was…
2Cited by1 opinion
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