Backer v. Hook
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Andrew M. J. Cochran, Judge. Suit in equity by George A. Hook and others against George E. Backer and others. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
This case involves title to an oil lease in Wayne county, Ky., and the conflicting claims to the lease depend upon the respective underlying claims of title to the land. The parcel in dispute.is a narrow strip lying north of the adjoining highway. In form it is approximately a segment of a circle, bounded on the northwesterly side by its chord, and opposite, along the highway, by the arc. The parcel is narrow, being only about 100 feet deep at its widest por*262tion, 1,200 feet long, and running out at each end. It contains about 1% acres. Backer and others, claiming under…
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