Legal Opinion
Shackleford v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided April 27, 1837PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Ejectment. From the Circuit Court for Fayette County.
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Marsham.
delivered the Opinion of the Court.—The Chief Justice did not sit in this case.
This ejectment was brought, in 1829, upon a demise from Rachel Shackleford, dated the 1st of July, 1824. verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendants, and the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial having been overruled, she has appealed to this Court.
On the trial, the plaintiff read a patent to herself, by the name of Rachel Bell, for eight hundred acres of land, including that now in contest, and a written agreement between her late husband, Bennett C. Shackleford, deceased, and William…
2Cited by8 opinions
- The Agricultural Bank of Mississippi and Others, in Error v. Charles Rice and Mary His Wife, and Martha PhippsSupreme Court of the United States · 1846
- Slaven v. DorityCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
- Smith v. ShacklefordCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1840
- Stearns Coal & Lumber Co. v. BoyattCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. RosskampCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
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