Francis v. Lilly's
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 30. — ACTION BY SAMUELÍ FRANCIS AGAINST H. C. LILLY’S EXECUTRIX AND OTHERS SETTING UP A claim: TO CERTAIN LAND AND TO VACATE A JUDGMENT UNDER WHICH LILLY CLAIMED TO HAVE PURCHASED THE LAND. Appeal from Letcher Circuit Court. M. J. Moss, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, and from an order granting a motion to vacate the judgment and award a new trial the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice O’Rear—
Affirming.
In a suit to- settle the estate of James Hogg, deceased, which was pending in the Letche-r circuit-court many years ago, Judge H. O. Lilly became a party, asserting a lien on certain lands therein sought to be sold at the instance of the administrator. It was finally adjudged that Lilly had an enforceable lien. The land was decreed to be sold, and in pursuance was sold, when Lilly became the purchaser. A deed *232was executed to him by the court’s commissioner, and a writ of possession awarded him. The land was situated in Knott county. But…
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