Clarkson v. Morgan's devisees
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Error to the Fayette Circuit. Chancery. _ Case 92 v*. Case stated in 1 e 4 Morgan’s-devisees v* Parker. Parker’* answer. 1st decree of the Circuit Court, °¿pep°^0UIt versing it. Amended bill filed. Parker’s answer. 2d decree of Circuit Court dismissing complainant’s bill. 3d decree of Circuit Court. ' Bill in this case, H. Marshall’* answer. J. J. Marshall’s answer. Morgan’s devisees’ answer. Decree of the Circuit Court.
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Error to the Fayette Circuit. Chancery. _ Case 92 v*. Case stated in 1 e 4 Morgan’s-devisees v* Parker. Parker’* answer. 1st decree of the Circuit Court, °¿pep°^0UIt versing it. Amended bill filed. Parker’s answer. 2d decree of Circuit Court dismissing complainant’s bill. 3d decree of Circuit Court. ' Bill in this case, H. Marshall’* answer. J. J. Marshall’s answer. Morgan’s devisees’ answer. Decree of the Circuit Court. Is the pendency of a suit in chancery praying only a relinquishment oí title to land, and not a surrender ofpossessisn such a lis pen-dens as will affect the right of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ewins
'delivered the opinion of the Court — Judge ■Marshall did not sit in this case.
0» the 7th of June 1810, James Morgan and others as devisees of William Morgan deceased, ' ‘ .• in conjunction with Lee and others, elaiminglhe part of Daniel Morgan, under proceedings in bankruptcy, filed their bill in the Fayette Circuit Court against Alexander Parker, claiming and setting up the superior equily under an entry in the name of Wm.Morgan, made on the25th November 1783, for 17,604 acres of land lying on Big Bone Lick Creek in Boone county, surveyed in 1785, and patented the -23d January 1788, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Watson v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1834
- Morgan's Heirs v. ParkerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1833
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