Legal Opinion

Knight v. Berry

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 1, 1879PublishedCited by 1 opinion

APPEAL FROM BUTLER CIRCUIT COURT.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Cofer:

The bargain was concluded and the notes executed more than four years and a half before this suit was commenced.

By the terms of the contract, as proved by Berry, Deweese was to make a deed at the time the contract was concluded. A deed was in fact written on that day and acknowledged by Deweese and his wife four days afterward, and left by some one in the office of the ■clerk of the county court of Butler county where the land lies.

Berry took possession immediately and has remained in undisturbed possession ever since. Soon after the date of the notes the .greater part…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Vance v. House's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1845
  2. Royster v. ShacklefordCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1824

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Salyers v. SalyersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938

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