Case Name: CLIFT vs. STOCKDON
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1823-10-18
Citations: 4 Litt. 215
Docket Number: 
Parties: STO~DON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 215–218

Head Matter:
STO~DON.
CLIFT vs. STOCKDON.
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ises. After Mif qyipof pfLf,j|fe foregoing TacYáff;lffé counsel foir 'ClifuT Íhé^ppí®ral,' moved the court 'to f^iruct the jjdSy, '1st,' thai'-^ter (he purchase made the ;tlifee patters, at the' sheriff's sale,'the purdfr^sers becafÜe entitled*» to the annual rents ¡of the prejelses accru1dfe unde» the lease from Barnes^to Saundefs: 2d, thafjnie plaintiíj' below ought not to' recover more fft this suit, than*he would iih equity and.good conscience bh entUled to, as a tenant in cowipon,'after allowing the ora'fendant so muen as in jus&cétand good con-he yBoiil'dlbe entitled to for the five years whicl^ premis
f if' rnnrf- oítvfiTnA firsr. The court g*tve|Be first, b^t refused the second of these mslruciions. The appellant excepted, and ás-sjwns tfp[ refusal as error.
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The judgment must, therefore, be reversed, and the, verdict be set aside with costs, and the cause must be" remanded for new proceedings, not inconsistent with the principles of this opinion.