Legal Opinion

Hicks v. Phillips

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided January 19, 1912PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Appeal from Wayne Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay,

Commissioner

Affirming.

Appellants, James D. Hicks, Cary L. Hicks and Maggie Marshall, plaintiffs below, brought this action against Henry L. Phillips, Ephraim E. Phillips and others, defendants, below, to quiet their title to a certain tract of land situated in Wayne County, Kentucky. A demurrer was sustained to the petition and the petition dismissed; hence this appeal.

It appears from the petition that appellants claim title through Peter Marshall, deceased, who derived his title from M. Phillips by deed dated March 31,1873, and recorded in Wayne…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. McRae v. Stillwell, Millen & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  2. Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. WorleySupreme Court of Florida · 1905
  3. Stockwell v. CouillardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  4. Smith v. FurbishSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1894
  5. Magnetic Ore Co. v. Marbury Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1894

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Eastern Kentucky Mineral & Timber Co. v. Swann-Day Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  2. Cooley v. Meridian Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  3. Colleton Mercantile & Mfg. Co. v. GruberDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1925
  4. Prewitt v. WilbornCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
  5. Ecosystem Resources, L.C. v. Broadbent Land & Resources, L.L.C.Wyoming Supreme Court · 2007

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