Morton v. Robards
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Chancery. From the Circuit Court eor Ohio County. i*actsofthecase. The bill. Reference to for-court°upo°n the effect of noqj^ £pon° the of ““ „nder execution; and now beid,. able title to land the legal title ac-chaser unde/ex-. ecution who had befor^hts. purchase; but his. purchase might,. perhaps, relate lacj^to the time even to the time-'y1’®1 a lien °*° the land accrued* by. force of theqq^cftToncerl ning conveyances relates to the-legal title only, leaving equities…
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Chancery. From the Circuit Court eor Ohio County. i*actsofthecase. The bill. Reference to for-court°upo°n the effect of noqj^ £pon° the of ““ „nder execution; and now beid,. able title to land the legal title ac-chaser unde/ex-. ecution who had befor^hts. purchase; but his. purchase might,. perhaps, relate lacj^to the time even to the time-'y1’®1 a lien °*° the land accrued* by. force of theqq^cftToncerl ning conveyances relates to the-legal title only, leaving equities untouched.-!—Intakes from the.holder of an unrecorded.! deedhis legal priority, and leaves him without- any. advantage over…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Ewing
delivered the Opinion of the Court.
On ^le 13 th of day of October, 1788, Joseph Lewis executed his bond, to Lewis Robards, in which he acknowledged, that said Robards was equally interested with him in upwards of thirty thousand acres of land warrants, that were in his name, and covenanted to convey to him the one half of the land acquired, by virtue of said warrants, after deducting the one half given to the locator.
In pursuance of this covenant Lewis, on the 2d day •of March, 1825, after the death of said Robards, conveyed to his heirs, the defendants in error, four thousand…
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