Ratcliff v. Meade

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Affirming.

The trial court adjudged William T. Meade and Frank B. Beddall to be the owners of a tract of land containing 64 acres, more or less, lying between Tug fork and Wolf creek, from which judgment John F. Ratcliff and Dr. L. H. York, the defendants in the trial court, have appealed.

In 1796 Rev. James Madison, by appropriate steps, acquired title to 1,106 acres of land lying on the waters of Wolf creek and the waters of Tug river. ' It appears' that the Rev. Madison regarded as valuable the land nearest this creek and this river, and the plat of…