Legal Opinion

Davis v. Davis

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided January 22, 1918PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Pike Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Dismissing appeal.

Mary Williams DaVis and her husband, John B. Davis, had five children, W. Y. Davis, Clell Davis, Jim Davis, H. R. Davis and Hester Davis. In the year 1915, Mary Davis was the owner of a tract of land in Pike county which she on November 5th of that year conveyed to her three children, Jim Davis, H. R. Davis and Hester Davis, by separate deeds in which her husband did not unite. After the death of Mary Davis, her two sons, W. Y. Davis and Clell Davis, and her husband, John B. Davis, brought this suit to cancel the deeds…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Childers v. RatliffCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  2. Gering v. HokeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Gilmore and Helm v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
  2. City of Covington v. CrolleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
  3. Phelps v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919

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