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1 Ky. 38

Walker v. Orr

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1790

Kentucky Supreme Court · decided 1790-06-15

On a Caveat. Plaintiff on March 17,1785, entered the following caveat, to-wit “ Let no grant issue to John Orr for 37,500 acres of land, lying in Fayette county, on JBaven creek, a south-west branch of the south fork of Licking, surveyed April 7th, 1784, by virtue of an entry made upon a treasury warrant, No. 19,112, because ¡'William Walker claims a part of said land, upon a survey made by virtue of an entry made upon treasury warrants, for 21,400 acres, prior to the date…

Decided 1790-06-15

By the Court.

¶1The plaintiff ought to have extended his survey from the south fork of Licking, and the main or east fork of Haven creek, from the extreme points called for in his location, and ascertained by his survey between parallel lines, run north 80 degrees west from said points, so far that a line run at right angles to the said parallel lines, would include the quantity of 21,400 acres.

¶2Judgment for the plaintiff for the interference with his survey thus made, being 2783 acres and 90 poles, and costs.

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