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1 Ky. 71

Dryden v. McGee

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1792

Kentucky Supreme Court · decided 1792-03-15

In Ghancery. Bryan McDonald, on the 21st day of December, in the year 1779, obtained from the court of commissioners the following certificate for a settlement and pre-emption, to-wit: “ Bryan McDonald, by David McG-ee, this day claimed a settlement and pre-emption to a tract of land in the district of Kentucky, lying on the west fork of Howard’s creek, a branch of Kentucky river, running up the said fork for quantity, by improving the same, and raising a crop of corn in the…

Decided 1792-03-15

By the Court.

¶1The complainant must recover, of the defendant, all the land which is included in the defendant’s pre-emption, on the east side of the west fork of Howard’s creek.

¶2Decreed that the defendant convey the interference, containing 52 acres, 2 roods and 16 poles; complainant to pay costs, etc.

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