McMillan's heirs v. Hutcheson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 83 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM HARRISON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Act of 1798, M. B.’s Digest, 779. 2Bibb, 64; Greene vs. Liter, fye. 2 Bibb, 65; Speed vs. Buford.
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CASE 83 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM HARRISON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Act of 1798, M. B.’s Digest, 779. 2Bibb, 64; Greene vs. Liter, fye. 2 Bibb, 65; Speed vs. Buford. Act of 1835, Loughborough’s Digest, 386. 16 B. Mon., 127; Clarke vs. Jones. 1 Dana, 326; Simpson vs. Haivkins. 1 Wash., 42; Temple vs. Logwood. 4 Me Chord., 267; Reph vs. Gist. 5 Binney, 238; Alexander vs. Jamison. 3 Gill Johnson, 234; Thrasher vs. Everhart. 1 Munford, 487. 1 Greenlcaf’s Ev., sec. 296, note 6, 144. Act of Dec. 19, 1796; 1 Littell, 489, sec. 40. 1 M. Sp B., 319 to 326, a. 1 Starkie, 343-5, and notes. 4 Dana, 424;…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion op the court:
On the 18th of July, 1859, the appellant, Worthen, sued the appellee, Wm. Hutcheson, and Thomas McClure, his tenant, for about five hundred and sixty-five acres of land, occupied by them under a Kentucky patent issued to Hutcheson May 22d, 1849, on county court certificates, under the statute of 1835, authorizing such appropriations of vacant lands for the benefit of the counties respectively including them.
Worthen claimed in severalty, under his ancestor, Samuel McMillan, deceased, and his original action was by petition ordinary ; but…
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