The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-03-01

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Frank Bleyins.
Pikeville. KY, February 2S.-Mrs.
Ida Putler has filed suit in the Pike
Circuit Court against Mrs. Phoebe
Davis for 10000 damages for all
enatiug the affections of her hus-
band. Mrs. Butler is the wife Of
John F. Butler. Cornmonwealth's
Attorney of the Twenty-fourth JudIc-
ial District. Mrs. Davis is a daugh-
ter of J. u Ferguson, ex-Sheriff
OF Pike county.
william Martin, etc, VS.. Joseph
coniey, etc. Filed February 6.
9O7 (Not to be reported.) AD-
peal from Floyd Circuit Court. Opin-
ion OF the court by Judge Settle,
affirming.
LADd-Possessory Claim Com
promise Line = Consideration.-Wher
one has a possessory claim to land.
though it may not have been suf-
ficieht to defeat the superior title
OF lis adversary, IL constitutes a
sufficient plea to uphold compromise
made between the contending claim
ants fixing an agreed line between
them, and such compromise is not
contrary to law or against public
polity.
Greene & NanWinkle, William Din
gus for appellants; James GobIc,
May and May for appellee.
Sergent, KY, February 20.-The Old
Virginia land grant question. in
which some 125,OOO acres of rich
East Kentucky coal lands valued al
s1OC .OOO, 600 is involved is being
revived again by members OF the
Eastern Kentucky Coal Lands Cor
pora:ion. 1t is represented here
by John G. Carlisle, General Jack
Hendricks, Frank Hopkins and Johu
j Mullen.
Acting as counsel for the eorpor.
alton, John J. Mullen today filed
motion in the Letcher Circuit Court
asking for an appeal from a recent
from recent decision in the county
Courts barring it from listing iti
proI erty for taxation. From th'
Circuit Court they declare the cas-
will be takel to the United States
pist'ict Court for Eastern Kentucky
j The instigators of a legal figh
for vast tract Of land in South
ern Kentucky valued at hundreds 0
thou, ands Of dollars are organizin
IN Boston and are soon to ad
m IN endeavor to gain possession
OF their alleged property. In tn
event OF winning the fight NOR
than a thousand people who no.
fholG homestesds on the tract wi
be affected, besides the operator
of two valuable coal mines.
TIE Sandy River Coal and l-um
Ter Company, is now being organ
lied to which deed of the proI
erty will be given, and as a con
gany. the directors win pursue ii
fight TO to the bitter end.
TIE tract of land is twelve mile
, lee with four mile frontage o
the Big Sandy river, beginning mes
i. the outskirts of Paintsville an
! extending north to Ward CITY,
. Telegram from Boston.
q W. X. Elliott, etc, VS.. Sarah
/, leslie.-Filed February Z, 1907. CI
! he ;eported.l Appeal from PHI
Circuit Court. Opinion of the cou
ny Carroll, Commissioner, affirm
$ ing.
Parent and Child-contract = Il
terest in Parents Estate - Sale :
: Val.Jity-Advancement. = An agre
: ment in writing between a fath'
e and son which recites lin order
: settle suit between them ar
e avoid litigation. and in considers
9 tior that my father has this day gi'
: en- me in cash $1,000. which | a
4 oept in full of all my present
: future interest in his estate"
d not an enforced contract, but
G the settlement of the fathers e
i tate the sum of $1,000 should
charged to the son as an advanc
ment whether It was 80 intended
! the father or not
York and johnson for appellant
n NJ. w. Maynard. James Monroe Ro
G erson, f. d. Stephenson for appe
e zee
: Mayking, Ky. Feb. 2s.-The a
i companying picture shows five ge
: erations Of the Salyres family. II