Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1804

Shutt v. Travis

Shutt v. Travis
Court of Appeals of Kentucky · Decided April 24, 1804
2 Ky. 307; 1 Sneed 307; 1804 Ky. LEXIS 6

Shutt v. Travis

Opinion of the Court

It being a general rule in ejectment that the plaintiff must show a good and sufficient title in himself, and the plaintiff in this cause not having done so, the judgment is erroneous and must .be reversed with costs.

Therefore, it is considered by the court, that the judgment aforesaid be reversed, annulled, and set aside, and that the plaintiff recover of the defendant his costs in this behalf expended, which is ordered to be certified to the circuit court of Ohio county.

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