BOARD OF MISSIONS OF M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH v. MAYO

Nos. 6881, 6882.

81 F.2d 449 (1936)

BOARD OF MISSIONS OF METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH, v. MAYO et al. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF PAINTSVILLE, KY., v. MAYO et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

February 7, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. S. Wallace, of Huntington, W. Va., for Board of Missions of Methodist Episcopal Church.

George B. Martin, of Catlettsburg, Ky. (Fred Howes, of Paintsville, Ky., Martin & Smith, of Catlettsburg, Ky., and M. O. Wheeler, of Paintsville, Ky., on the brief), for Board of Education of Paintsville, Ky.

Le Wright N. Browning, of Ashland, Ky. (Hannah, Van Sant & McKenzie, of Ashland, Ky., on the brief), for Mrs. Alice Mayo.

Before MOORMAN, HICKS, and ALLEN, Circuit Judges.


MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree adjudicating conflicting claims to two tracts of land situated in Johnson county, Ky., in and adjoining the city of Paintsville. The smaller tract, consisting of 7.35 acres, known as the Seminary tract, was deeded by John C. C. Mayo and his wife, Alice Mayo, an appellee herein, to the John C. C. Mayo College (then the Sandy Valley Seminary) October 31, 1906. The second tract, known as the Mansion tract, containing...

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