Adams v. Jett's Adm'r
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 78 — PETITION EQUITY — CITED Civil Code, seetions. 579,137, 389. CITED Civil Code,’secs. 579, 583, 578, 582, 395. 18 B. Mon. 98. 2 Kent, 240. 2 Metcalfe, 236. 2 Metcalfe, 506. 11 B. Mon. 115. 1 Amer. Lead. Cases, 116.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PETERS
delivered the opinion op the court.
At the time the judgment was rendered against Mrs. Adams, which she now seeks to open by this proceeding, as appears from the allegations in the petition, she was a married woman, and no defense was made by her.
By section 579, Civil Code, the court in which a judgment or final order has been rendered or made shall have power after the expiration of the term to vacate or modify such judgment or order by granting a new trial, etc., for the causes enumerated in the several subsections thereof, the 5th of which is as follows: For erroneous…
2Cited by1 opinion
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