BILLIPS v. HUGHES


259 S.W.2d 6 (1953)

BILLIPS et al. v. HUGHES et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 19, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Funk, Chancellor & Marshall, Frankfort, Daniel Boone Smith, Ray O. Shehan, Harlan, for appellants.

Astor Hogg, Harlan, for appellees.


DUNCAN, Justice.

This appeal involves the construction of the descriptive portion of a deed in which there is a conflict between the general and particular description of the property conveyed.

Appellants, on October 15, 1920, acquired by conveyance from Wisconsin Steel Company a tract of land located in the City of Cumberland, Harlan County, Kentucky. A portion of this land abutting Main Street was subdivided and sold in lots soon after its acquisition. The...

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