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Cornett v. Swift Coal Timber Co.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Apr 9, 1940
112 F.2d 387 (6th Cir. 1940)

Opinion

No. 8368.

April 9, 1940.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Hiram Church Ford, Judge.

Action between Lilley Cornett and the Swift Coal Timber Company and others. From an adverse judgment, Lilley Cornett appeals.

Affirmed.

Cleon K. Calvert, of Pineville, Ky., and Napier Napier, of Hazard, Ky., for appellant.

Samuel M. Wilson and McDonald McDonald, all of Lexington, Ky., and Lewis E. Harvie, of Whitesburg, Ky., for appellees.

Before HICKS, ALLEN, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


This case was heard upon the transcript, briefs and argument of counsel, and it appearing that the District Court did not err in deciding that the purchaser at a sheriff's sale by virtue of the tax sale and deed from the sheriff takes the land subject to liens existing at the time of sale (Hall v. Hall, 174 Ky. 356, 192 S.W. 76; Smith v. Young, 178 Ky. 376, 198 S.W. 1166; Drane v. Graves, 261 Ky. 787, 88 S.W.2d 927); and the record presenting no reversible error, it is ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the District Court entered on June 22, 1939, herein appealed from, be and the same is in all things affirmed.


Summaries of

Cornett v. Swift Coal Timber Co.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Apr 9, 1940
112 F.2d 387 (6th Cir. 1940)
Case details for

Cornett v. Swift Coal Timber Co.

Case Details

Full title:CORNETT v. SWIFT COAL TIMBER CO. et al

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Date published: Apr 9, 1940

Citations

112 F.2d 387 (6th Cir. 1940)