Commonwealth ex rel. Bryant v. James
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 62 — ACTION BY THE COMMONWEALTH FOB. THE USE OF ROBERTA S. BRYANT AGAINST FRANK P. JAMES AUDITOR. Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. R. L. Stout, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge O’Rear
Affirming.
By virtue of his office as Auditor of State, Frank P. James'is custodian of the records of the Land Office, and performs the duties pertaining thereto formerly exercised by the register of • the Land Office. It is hig duty to receive and file surveys of vacant lands, and to issue patents therefor, which are signed by the Governor. In 1851 a warrant was issued by the clerk of the Whitley county court for 40,000 acres of vacant and unappropriated land in that county to Enoch Cox, James C. Williams, and James McLancy. . On February 28, 1851, W. C.…
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