ELLIS v. CHESTNUT


289 S.W.2d 740 (1956)

James C. ELLIS, Appellant, v. Raymond CHESTNUT et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson & Anderson, Owensboro, for appellant.

Raymond B. Dycus, Smithland, for appellees.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This is an action to quiet title to some 92 acres of land which extends from the Illinois shoreline out into the Ohio River. Plaintiffs, Chestnut et al. claim under a deed from the Commissioner of the Livingston County Court, executed in 1935. Defendant Ellis claims under a deed issued pursuant to a judicial sale ordered by the Pope Circuit Court, State of Illinois, in 1932. Both parties contend the deed of the other is invalid because issued by...

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