1 Ky. 29
Decided September 15, 1789
Kentucky Supreme Court · decided 1789-09-15
On a Caveat. The plaintiff, on the 30th day of June, in the year 1785, entered the following caveat, to-wit: “ Let no grant issue to Jesse Harrison for 815 acres of land on Harrod’s creek, adjoining David Crawford, and James Stephenson, surveyed by virtue of an entry made upon a treasury warrant; because Isaac Hite, assignee of David Williams, claims a part thereof, by a survey made by virtue of an entry made upon a preemption warrant, adjoining his settlement, prior to .the…
Decided 1789-09-15
¶1The plaintiff, as assignee of David Williams, ought to have surveyed the settlement in a square form, the lines running to the cardinal points, and at equal distances from the improvement,, and the pre-emption also in a square form, on the west side of the settlement, beginning at the south-west corner and running to the cardinal point.
¶2Judgment for the plaintiff, for the interference designated on the plat by the figures 12 3, which is twenty-six acres, and half costs.