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W. C. BELCHER LAND MORTGAGE CO. v. HAZARD COAL CORPORATION

No. 4564.

15 F.2d 481 (1926)

W. C. BELCHER LAND MORTGAGE CO. et al. v. HAZARD COAL CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

November 4, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. S. Arnold, of Whitesburg, Ky. (L. W. Fields, of Lexington, Ky., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

John D. Carroll, of Frankfort, Ky. (D. D. Hull, Jr., and Louis A. Nuckols, both of Roanoke, Va., and Jesse Morgan, of Hazard, Ky., on the brief), for defendant in error.

Before DENISON, DONAHUE, and MOORMAN, Circuit Judges.

DENISON, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the construction and effect of the Kentucky statutes regarding champerty and maintenance. Section 209 invalidates all contracts made in consideration of services to be rendered in litigation by any person, not a party of record, whereby any part of the thing in controversy is to be given as compensation. Section 210 invalidates all conveyances of lands which at the time are possessed...

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