Merritt v. Palmer

Opinion op the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

Affirming.

Tlie plaintiff, Henry Sheridan Merritt, is the owner of 40% acres of land located in Clark and Estill counties near the mouth of Red River, which land was known as tract No. 3 when the Clark Circuit Court partitioned the lands of Ms grand-father, Abraham Merritt, in 1865, and which he acquired in 1934 by deed from his father, Henry Merritt. The defendant, W. E. Palmer, is the owner of a tract of 52 acres which was deeded to him in 1920 by L. P. Palmer and wife, the northern boundary line of which is the southern boundary line of plaintiff’s…