HANDY v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY


468 S.W.2d 302 (1971)

Conrad F. HANDY and Lou Handy, Appellants, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Incorporated in Kentucky), Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Shumate, Shumate, Shumate & Flaherty, Richmond, for appellants.

Boyd Taylor, Hamm, Taylor, Milby & Farmer, London, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This action was brought by appellee to quiet title to a strip of land bordering on Kentucky Highway 80 near London, Kentucky. Both appellants and appellee claim title through a common grantor. The Chancellor found that it was the intention of the grantor to convey the disputed property to appellee's predecessor in title.

The common grantor was Maggie Wyatt. In 1939 she acquired what is known as the "Gregory Tract", containing something...

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