The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-06-03
From the Louisville Courier, May IL
DO the Campbell Heirs Own the Great.
er part or Louisville?

For several months past vague re-
port has been going the rounds that
the heirs of Col. John Campbell, one
of the first settlers Of Louisville, and
who, with John Connolly, owned the
tract of land that was laid off into a
town, intended to institute suit 10 re-
cover that part owned by Campbell,
and which they claim belongs to
them by inheritance. These rumOrs
have been laughed at, especially by
those now owning, or claiming to
own, the property in question. Until
within few days past nothing def
mite was known in regard to the mat
ter, and in fact the heirs had not re-
vealed themselves, and consequently
the reports that have been put into
circulation were without sufficient
confirmation or semblance of truth to
entitle them to a newspaper notice.
At last, however, something definite
\ has turned up, and the heirs, twenty
nine in number, are on the eve of fill
| ing a suit of ejectment in the Chan
Gerry Court against some of those Oc-
cupying the property which they
claim. This, we understand from one
of the heirs himself, will be done in a
| few days.
In order to make test case, the
heirs, or their representative, week
or so ago leased one of the houses
on the levee, which are TO be torn
down by order of the city to make
way for the wharf, to man, named
James MullOy, who is now living in
it. Yesterday, Mr.. MullOy sent the
following to the Mayor:
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 10, 1870.
Hon. Mayor, John G.. Baxter, and
the Legal Representatives of the City
of Louisville
Afe notified to desist at once from
tearing down any buildings or wall
adjacent and joining the building l
am now occupying under lease from
Campbell heirs, in the City of Louis.
vile, KY, on Bullitt street, between
Main and the river (NOs. and 81, as
you endanger the lives of my family,
and the interest of my lease and the
property hold under lease from Camp
bell heirs. JAMES MULLOY.
When those demolishing the build
ings come to that in which Mulloy is
living, he will refuse to move out,
and they viii have to procure a writ
of ejectment to make him vacate.-
This writ the Campbell heirs will con-
test, and thus the matter will be
brought before the courts.
Those claiming to be the heirs of
John Campbell are not his descend
ants, but are mostly the great grand
children of his sister, Mrs. Beard, to
whom he made over all his property.
Mrs. Beard sold her life estate to For
tunatus Cosby, and when she died the
rightful heirs were infants, and con-
sequently the property went into the
hands of trustees appointed by Camp
bell in his will. 1t remained in the
hands of these trustees until the year
1852, when the last one died, and since
that time it has been lost sight Of
The heirs in question declare that
they can show clear titles to all the
property claimed, bounded as follows:
Beginning at Second street and the
river, and running southeast to the
corner of Preston and Green streets,
thence south to Broadway, and thence
down Broadway to the Ohio river
This property at the present time,
with the Improvements, is valued at
over S75, 100000.
Something new in this extraordina-
ry matter viii probably be developed
in a few days.