Legal Opinion
Billips v. Hughes
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided June 19, 1953PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNCAN, Justice.
This appeal involves the construction of the descriptive portion of a deed in which there is a conflict between the general and particular description of the property conveyed.
Appellants, on October 15, 1920, acquired by conveyance from Wisconsin Steel Company a tract of land located in the City of Cumberland, Harlan County, Kentucky. A portion of this land abutting Main Street was subdivided and sold in lots soon after its acquisition. The lot in controversy is triangular in shape, and is located to the rear of lots 135 through 143. On May 23, 1939, appellants executed a deed…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Thompson v. FairleighCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
- Black Star Corp. v. Napier Same v. BaileyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
- Hatcher v. Virginia Mining CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
- Carter's Administrator v. QuillenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Farmers Nat. Bank of Danville v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- A. L. Pickens Company, Inc. v. Youngstown Sheet & Tube CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Acquisition-II, LLP v. EQT Production Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
- Summit Petroleum Corporation of Indiana and B & J Oil Co., Inc. v. Ingersoll-Rand Financial Corp. And Myron JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Letcher County Coal & Improvement Co. v. MarloweCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1965
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