City of Newport v. Veith

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

— Affirming.

This controversy between the city of Newport and the appellees, Court House Commissioners of the Court House District in Campbell County, involves the question —whether or not the commissioners have a right to build an addition to the court house building situated on the public square in the city of Newport.

In 1795 James Taylor, Sr., then the owner of the land upon which the public square in Newport is located, conveyed the same to—

“The justices of the County Court of Campbell County, and their successors, for and in consideration of the said…