Murphy v. Lowe

Opinion of the Court by

William: Bogers Clay, Commissioner

— Affirming.

In the month of August, 1861, the Comm'onwealth of Kentucky issued to John B. Goff a patent for 1,000 acres *244of land in Pike county, Kentucky. Alleging ownership of the land by virtue of the foregoing patent, Ira W. Goff and others, heirs of John B. Goff, the patentee, brought an action against O. B. M. Lowe and others in the Pike Circuit Court to quiet their title to a tract of land covered by the patent and lying on Swinge Camp Branch. The defendants other than O. B. M. Lowe filed an answer disclaiming any title to the…