Mason v. Mason
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 13 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Civil Code, sec. 40 ; 2 Kent’s Commentaries, sec. 39. Cowper, 343 ; Holman vs. Johnson. 16 Johnson’s Rep., 436; Griswold vs. Woddington. 1 Story on Contracts, secs. 545, 546, 548, 564. Ghitty on Contracts, p. 571. 1 Johnson's Cases, 39; Jones vs. Caswell. 13 Johnson, 112; Thomson vs. Davis. 1 Story's Equity, secs. 265, 307, 308. 1 Vescy, 276; Debenham vs. Ox. 4 Monroe, 155; Baugh vs. Ramsey.
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CASE 13 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Civil Code, sec. 40 ; 2 Kent’s Commentaries, sec. 39. Cowper, 343 ; Holman vs. Johnson. 16 Johnson’s Rep., 436; Griswold vs. Woddington. 1 Story on Contracts, secs. 545, 546, 548, 564. Ghitty on Contracts, p. 571. 1 Johnson's Cases, 39; Jones vs. Caswell. 13 Johnson, 112; Thomson vs. Davis. 1 Story's Equity, secs. 265, 307, 308. 1 Vescy, 276; Debenham vs. Ox. 4 Monroe, 155; Baugh vs. Ramsey. Revised Statutes, 6th subdivision, chap. 22. 7 B. Mon., 213; Graves vs. Graves. 1 B. Mon., 224; McGuire.vs. Maloney. . CITED— 15 B.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
deliverer the opinion oh the cohrt:
John Mason, late of Madison county, Kentucky, having' six children — William, James R., Samuel, John W., Mary Ann, and Margaret J. — in May, 1855, about nine years before his death, gave to the said James R. Mason, Samuel Mason, John W. Mason, and Mary Ann and her husband, James A. Ballard, the use, during his own life, of separate tracts of land, reserving, during the same period, to the said William Mason and Margaret J. Mason, who afterwards intermarried with William Todd, an annuity of sixty-five dollars cash to be paid by James R. Mason,…
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