John Price v. William Lane, Pulaski, 1872

John Price v. William Lane.

COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY

6 Ky. Op. 133; 1872 Ky. LEXIS 458

December 20, 1872, Decided

PRIOR HISTORY:   [*1]  APPEAL FROM PULASKI CIRCUIT COURT. 

DISPOSITION: Judgment reversed and cause remanded. 

COUNSEL: ---, for appellant.

T. Z. Morrow, for appellee. 

JUDGES: Judge Hardin. 

OPINION BY: Hardin 

OPINION

Opinion by Judge Hardin:

The evidence shows that E. Taylor did not have the legal title at the time the appellee purchased the land, according to the recitals of the sheriff's deed; but the deed, not being accompanied by the judgment or other record, evidence of the authority of the sheriff to sell the land, was not admissible in evidence to show title in the appellee, and if Taylor had been vested with the legal title, it ought not to have been admitted, if objected to.

But another objection to the judgment is suggested for the appellant, which is certainly fatal to it. There is no pleading authorizing it, if the evidence did.

The petition seeks only a recovery of the land and does not claim a debt nor assert a lien.

The judgment is reversed and cause remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion, it being deemed proper to allow further preparatory steps to be taken by both parties.