Wall v. Wayland
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 32 — EQUITY— APPEAL PROM PENDLETON CIRCUIT COURT. cited 4 B. Mon., 480; 5 lb., 161 — 2 ; Angelí on Lim., secs. 384 and 419 to 436; 7 Wheaton 121; 4 Mason, 334; 4 Cond. Rep., 608. cited 3 Howard, 687. cited 3 Mar., 79 ; 13 B. Mon., 443; 3 Mar., 72, 73; 13 B. Mon., 43, 44; 18 lb:, 239, 240; 1 Stat. Law, 285-6; 3 J.J. Mar., 552; 3 Dana, 338; 2 lb., 274; 1 B. Mon., 370.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE STITES
delivered the opinion of the court:
The proceedings in the Woodford circuit court in 1813, whereby it was attempted to divest Smith’s heirs of their interest in the land in controversy, were clearly invalid, and the deed of the commissioners to Wayland did not operate to divest the children of Mrs. Smith of the inheritance of their .mother.
The entry of Wayland upon the land did not occur until 1834, within less than twenty years before the commencement of this suit, and he can therefore derive no protection from the lapse of time.
So that, inasmuch as the deeds from the heirs of…
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