FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. COLLETT


303 S.W.2d 553 (1957)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY and Fordson Coal Company, Appellants, v. Reuben COLLETT, Charlie Collett and Noah Whitehead, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 21, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. B. Wilson, Pineville, for appellants.

C. K. Calvert, Pineville, W. C. Hoskins, Hyden, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Under certain DeGroot patents issued in 1870, the Ford Motor Company holds a connected chain of title to a boundary of land, comprised of several adjoining tracts, in Leslie County, including the 100 acres, approximately, here in dispute. Asserting its ownership to the land, the Company brought this action against Reuben Collett and others, seeking damages for trespass and timber cutting, and an adjudication that it held title to all the land...

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