Legal Opinion

Curtis v. Warden

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 21, 1911PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Ohio Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

— Affirming.

Appellee, C. T. Warden, brought this action against Y. P. Curtis to recover a narrow, triangular shaped strip of land lying between their farms. Appellant denied appellee’s title and pleaded title in himself, both by deed and adverse possession. On submission of the case the jury returned a verdict in favor of appellee. From the judgment based thereon this appeal is prosecuted.

It appears that both appellant and appellee claim title from a common source, and that appellee’s title is the older. The only questions involved are…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Trimble v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1815
  2. M'Millan v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1818

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Whitley County Land Co. v. Powers' HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  2. Rowe v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
  3. Brewer v. War Fork Land Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  4. Kentucky Coal & Timber Development Co. v. Kentucky Union Co.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1914

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