Carpenter v. Evans

STEWART, Chief Justice.

This litigation concerns the ownership of three grants of land made by the Commonwealth to Aaron Edwards, late of Knox County. The action was filed by some of his heirs at law as a class action for themselves and for the benefit of all other heirs of the decedent, his progeny being too numerous to ascertain (about 140) and too scattered to be brought into court as parties.

On December 31, 1957, the Knox Circuit Court (Ray C. Lewis, Circuit Judge) entered findings of fact, conclusions, of law and judgment, decreeing the plaintiffs, who are appellants herein, to be the…