Legal Opinion
Twyford v. Twyford
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided November 16, 1951PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STANLEY, Commissioner.
The appeal is from a judgment denying specific performance of a contract to convey land. The case is resolved into whether the evidence of a verbal cancellation of the contract is too weak to sustain the burden of proving it. The chancellor held there was such an agreement.
On March 18, 1937, Bolin R. Twyford and his wife, Matilda, executed to their twin sons, C. Beckham Twyford and W. Bryan Twyford, a contract to convey to them a tract containing 1,000 acres, more or less, as described generally by adjacent lauds. The deed was to be made as soon as a survey could be had…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hennessy v. WoolworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Glass v. BryantCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
- Glenn v. LowtherCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1927
- Keeney v. WatersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
- Dehlinger v. GraueCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Twyford v. HuffakerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1959
- Brown v. WittyDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 2022