Hensley v. Burt & Brabb Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
'Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. J. M. Benton, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals POINTS DISCUSSED. Deeds — Description.—The appellee can hold under its deed xrom the Asher Lumber Company and its remote vendors no more land than is described in the deed from Harris to Asher Brothers and Chappell, and the deed from them to the Asher Lumber Company. AUTHORITIES CITED.
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'Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. J. M. Benton, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals POINTS DISCUSSED. Deeds — Description.—The appellee can hold under its deed xrom the Asher Lumber Company and its remote vendors no more land than is described in the deed from Harris to Asher Brothers and Chappell, and the deed from them to the Asher Lumber Company. AUTHORITIES CITED. Steel’s Heirs v. Taylor, 3 A. K. Marshall 225; Alexander v. Lively, 5 T. B. Monroe 159; Bruce, &c., v. Taylor, &c., 2 J. J. Mar. 160; Hagins, &c., v. Whitaker, &c., 42 S. W. 751; Morgan, &c., v. Renfro,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge O’Rear
Affirming.
April 3, 1876, there issued to Louis Harris a patent for 200 acres of land now in Leslie county, on Lick *114branch, waters of Greasy creek, a fork of the Middle fork of Kentucky river. The patent was based upon a survey made on August 8, 1873, when the land was a part of the territory of Harlan county. The calls of the patent were as follows: “Beginning at a spruce pine standing on the. west bank of said branch; thence north 46 degrees west, 20 poles, to a white oak and two beeches; thence west, 50 poles, to a stake; thence north 40 degrees west, 200…
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- Black v. NapierCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925