Sewell v. Nelson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 25 — Action by George B. Nelson against Thomas L. Sewell to Quiet Title APPEAL PROM BREATHITT CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. POINTS AND' AUTHORITIES. 1. Deeds — Sufficiency of Description.
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Case 25 — Action by George B. Nelson against Thomas L. Sewell to Quiet Title APPEAL PROM BREATHITT CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. POINTS AND' AUTHORITIES. 1. Deeds — Sufficiency of Description. If, instead of containing the description of the land conveyed, the deed refers,to other deeds, the description of the later deed will by such reference become a part of the former, and has the same effect as if it had been inserted in the subsequent deed. It is not necessary that the deed referred to-should be recorded. Tiedeman on Real Property, 841; Norman v. Braley, 17…
1Opinion of the Court
©pintón op tiie court by
JUDGE O’REAR
Affirming.
Anna. Patrick owned an undivided fifteenth of six tracts of land in Breathitt county, formerly belonging- to her grandfather, Thomas Sewell^ One of these tracts of land was called the ‘‘Town Tract,” and contained about 2,400 acres. Within this tract is the land in dispute in this suit. On January 20, 1885, Anna Patrick and her husband conveyed her interest in this tract and in other lands to Martin Vivion by deed duly executed and placed of record. The sale to Vivion was through an agent, T. G-. Stuart. Pro-. vious to making the deed to Vivion,…
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