Legal Opinion

Fairbairn v. Means

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 29, 1863PublishedCited by 18 opinions

CASE 31 — cited 4 Bibb, 461; 5 Litt., 20; 1 Met., 624. cited 4 Bibb, 479. cited 1 Litt. Laws Ky., 642; 2 lb., 963; 2 Stat. Law, 1231; Rev. Stat., chap. 20; 5 Litt., 21; 4 Bibb, 52, 56. cited 4 Bibb¡ 52; 3 Mon., 58; 5 lb., 97; Rev Statutes, chap. 70; 2 Stat. Law, 1231; 1 Mon., 236; 5 Litt., 21; 5 Mon., 590; 1 Mar., 42; 4 Bibb, 395; 1 Litt'., 412.

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE BULLITT

delivered the opinion op the court:

The appellants obtained a judgment against the appellees for a tract of land, claimed by the appellants as heirs of the patentee, Daniel Henry.

The appellees claimed the land, or most of it, under a junior patent to one Bryant. One of the links in their chain of title is a deed alleged to have been executed, in T815, by the sheriff of Greenup county, conveying the land to John Young, in pursuance of a sale of it to him, in 1806, by the sheriff of said county, for taxes alleged to be due from Bryant to the Commonwealth for the year 1804. Young.’s…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Clay v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1816

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Hall v. PaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  2. Chouteau v. AllenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
  3. Thornton v. IrwinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
  4. Maryland Fire Insurance v. DalrympleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1866
  5. Sharpe v. National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888

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