Fordson Coal Co. v. Jackson

MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.

After the decision of this court in 7 F.(2d) 117, the Fordson Coal. Company was substituted for George V. Turner as plaintiff in the court below. Trial was then had without further change in the pleadings. The land in dispute is within the boundary of a patent issued by the state of Virginia to Benjamin Say. The plaintiff claimed title through a sale of this grant to Turner made pursuant to a judgment rendered in proceedings instituted under sections 4076(b)-4076(k) of Kentucky Statutes known as the Forfeiture Act. The answer asserted ownership in defendant by adverse…