114 Ky. 172 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1902
Opinion op the court by
— Apfibming.
On December 5, 3871, John Hutchens obtained from the Commonwealth a patent for 300 acres oif land in Clay county, and on February 3, 1877, he sold the land by title bond to Benjamin Saylor, who assigned the bond to W. J. Taylor, and by him it was assigned to appellee, Judy Belcher. After this, St.okley Belcher, her husband, sold about fifty acres of the land to appellant, Carlo Helton, for $20, which was paid in a cow; but his wife declined to stand to the trade, and refused to make Helton a deed, and he then tendered back to Helton the amount paid, but Helton refused to receive it. After this, Helton cut some timber off the laud, and Judy Belcher instituted this suit against him to recover in damages for the cutting of the timber. He denied her title, and on final hearing there was a verdict and judgment in her favor for $9, from which he appeals.
The ground of reversal relied on is that the court allow
Judgment affirmed.