Ratcliff v. Bellfonte Iron Works Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 85 — PETITION OBDINABY APPEAL EROM CARTER CIRCUIT COURT. In an action to recover land, plaintiff must recover, if at all, upon the strength of his own title, and not by reason rof want of title in the defendant in possession. The attornment of a tenant to a stranger is void, unless it be with the consent of the landlord or pursuant to a judgment of a court. (General Statutes, chapter 63, article 1, section 16.)
1Opinion of the Court
CHIEE JUSTICE LEWIS
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This is an action of ejectment upon the trial of which, resulting in favor of the plaintiff, neither party exhibited title to the land in contest, which was deduced from the Commonwealth. The plaintiff put in evidence a deed from Dulin, Commissioner of the Green-up Circuit Court, on behalf of the heirs of Richard ■ Graham, for four hundred and twelve acres, described as part of Graham’s one hundred and thirty-eight thousand three hundred and twenty acres, to Hiram and William Pope, dated in 1873, and also a deed from the Popes, dated in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sale v. CrutchfieldCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1871
- Fowke v. DarnallCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1824
- Sowder v. McMillan's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1836
- Springle v. MorrisonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1823
- Barclay v. Hendrick's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1835
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- Lisle's Administrators v. OliverCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
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