Applegate v. Lexington & Carter County Mining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOE TO THE OIECUIT COUET OE THE UNITED STATES FOE THE DISTEIOT OF KENTUCKY. This suit was in the nature of an action of ejectment to recover possession of a tract of land formerly in Mason County, but now in Greenup, Carter, and Boyd Counties, in Kentucky. The plaintiffs in error were the plaintiffs in the Circuit Court.
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EEEOE TO THE OIECUIT COUET OE THE UNITED STATES FOE THE DISTEIOT OF KENTUCKY. This suit was in the nature of an action of ejectment to recover possession of a tract of land formerly in Mason County, but now in Greenup, Carter, and Boyd Counties, in Kentucky. The plaintiffs in error were the plaintiffs in the Circuit Court. They alleged in their petition that they were the lineal heirs of Carey L. Clark, who died seized of a tract of eight thousand three hundred and thirty-four acres, part of a tract of eighteen thousand acres, granted by patent from the Commonwealth of Virginia, dated April…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
After stating the case as above reported, he continued:. We shall first consider the exclusion1 of the original deed from Fleming and the Bernards to John Bryan, and the original deed from John Bryan to Samuel Sackett. We are of opinion that they should .have been admitted in evidence. They have been certified to and inspected by this court. Their appearance affords strong evidence of their genuineness and antiquity, and they are free from any badge that would excite suspicion of fraud or forgery.' In support t>f their genuineness it was shown that a short time before the trial in the Circuit…
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