Chiles v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
ÍhéctMentí From the Circuit Court for Nicholas County* Reference to a former decision, for a history of the case. Evidence on the last trial. ínsttuctionss Questio ns for.€§-ciaio.n here, The champerty act ofVirginia of 1786 was intended to apply to such titles only (the court incline to think,') as were consummated at the time of the convey-mice, or bargaining to convey.— For entries and inchoate titles were «assignable by express statute.
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ÍhéctMentí From the Circuit Court for Nicholas County* Reference to a former decision, for a history of the case. Evidence on the last trial. ínsttuctionss Questio ns for.€§-ciaio.n here, The champerty act ofVirginia of 1786 was intended to apply to such titles only (the court incline to think,') as were consummated at the time of the convey-mice, or bargaining to convey.— For entries and inchoate titles were «assignable by express statute. But— If a purchase of inconsequence of the Va. chert)still Jraa purchaser Who had entered under an executory contract and under the authority ot the…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Ewing
delivered the Opinion of the Court;
This case was formerly before this Court, and its history will be found, in 2 Dana's Rep. 25;
Upon.the return of the cause to the Circuit Court, the lessors of the plaintiff introduced evidence tending to show, that Conley, Cook, Steen and McQueen, under executory contracts with Hays, in 1793, and Bridges, *480uildef like executory contract in 1794, entered undé? Hays’ titles, claiming separate parcels of said land. And that they, and others claiming under them, held the possession, of different parcels of the land in contest, for more than twenty…
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