Cobb v. Stewart
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 13 — PETITION ORDINARY This'action was brought by appellees to recover 200 acres of land in possession of the appellant. Judgment having been rendered for the plaintiff the defendant prosecutes this appeal. cited 0 Dana, 323; 3 B. Mon., 117; 5 B. Mon., 15Í-60; 2 J. J. Mur., 408; 4 Dana, 30; 10 B. Mon., 124-5; 4 Bibb, 330; 7 B. Mon., 81; 1 lb., 308; 2 Mur., 418; 2 Lilt., 302; 4 Dana, 322, 501; 0 B. Mon., 438; 9 /¿.,240;4 Mon., 51; 2 Slat.
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CASE 13 — PETITION ORDINARY This'action was brought by appellees to recover 200 acres of land in possession of the appellant. Judgment having been rendered for the plaintiff the defendant prosecutes this appeal. cited 0 Dana, 323; 3 B. Mon., 117; 5 B. Mon., 15Í-60; 2 J. J. Mur., 408; 4 Dana, 30; 10 B. Mon., 124-5; 4 Bibb, 330; 7 B. Mon., 81; 1 lb., 308; 2 Mur., 418; 2 Lilt., 302; 4 Dana, 322, 501; 0 B. Mon., 438; 9 /¿.,240;4 Mon., 51; 2 Slat. Law, 933; 7 Dana, 141-2; M. §- B. Dig., 779; Rev. Slat., chap. 46; 4 Bibb, 3S6; 1 Mar., 200. cited Hardin, 404;' Dallam vs. Hanley, 2 Mar., Shields i>s.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUD&E PETERS
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is an action, by ordinary proceedings, to recover the possession of a tract of land, the legal title to which the ap-pellees, the Stewarts, allege they hold by devise from William Robertson.
The will of said Robertson was probated in the county of Augusta, Virgihia, in January, 1832; and the land in controversy was granted to him, upon a commissioner’s certificate *256dated in 1798, by patent bearing date the 24th of January, 1857, more than 30 years after his death.
By an act of the Legislature it is declared, that when a patent has issued or…
2Cited by1 opinion
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