Legal Opinion
Shutt v. Methodist Episcopal Church
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided January 30, 1920PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Appeal from McLean Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
William Rogers Clay, Commissioner
Affirming.
The Methodist Episcopal Church brought this suit against G. P. Shutt and Adelia Bryant to recover damages for trespass. From a verdict and judgment in its favor for $700.00, the defendants appeal.
The land which plaintiff claims to own is in the form of a square and is described as follows:
“Beginning at a Spanish oak on the south side of the Rumsey and Ashbysburg road, and running thence east, 66 yards to a stake; thence south, 66 yards to an ash and beech; thence west, 66 yards to a stake; thence north, 66 yards to the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Goodson v. BrothersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Reay v. ButlerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
- Crowder v. Doe ex dem. Tennessee C. I. & R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Litchfield v. SewellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- State v. KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by15 opinions
- McCoy v. LowrieWashington Supreme Court · 1953
- Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. Consol of Kentucky, Inc.Kentucky Supreme Court · 2000
- J. B. Gathright Land Co. v. BegleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
- McDaniel v. Ramsey's Adm'rsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
- Lott v. Muldoon Road Baptist Church, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1970
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