Brown v. Trustees of Catlettsburg
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 37 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL EROM BOYD CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Acts 1871, vol. 2, p. 123. Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, p. 102. Herman on Estoppel, 509. Bigelow on Estoppel, 502. Littell’s Sel. Ca. 299, Robertson v. Smith’s heirs.
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Case 37 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL EROM BOYD CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Acts 1871, vol. 2, p. 123. Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, p. 102. Herman on Estoppel, 509. Bigelow on Estoppel, 502. Littell’s Sel. Ca. 299, Robertson v. Smith’s heirs. High on Water-courses, 202. 3 Mon. 143. 1 Littell, 147. 1McCord’s Rep. 508. 1 Mon. 97. 3 Bush, 269, Berry v. Snyder. 8 Bush, 326, Miller, &c. v. Hepburn. 8 B. Mon. 236, Rowan’s ex’rs v. Town of Portland. 1 Mar. 62, McGee v. Morgan. 2 Mar. 15, Phillips v. Rothwell. 3 Litt. 382, Hinton v. Fox. 7 Mon. 569, Speed v. Braxdell. 2Met. 221, Phillips v. Cov. & Cin. Bridge…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion op the court.
It is claimed, and for the purposes of this litigation it will be assumed, that O. C. Bowles and George N. Brown were the owners of certain lots of land situate within the corporate limits of the town of Catlettsburg, fronting on the Big Sandy River, and extending to low-water mark.
On the 15th of March, 1871, an act of the Kentucky legislature, entitled “an act for the benefit of O. C. Bowles and George N. Brown and their associates, lessees, and vendees,” was approved. By this act the beneficiaries were authorized and empowered to grade the…
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