Smith v. Long
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 26 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM RUSSELL CIRCUIT COURT. The facts appear in the opinion of the court. As Mrs. Smith was entitled to the land, she was also entitled to the rents. {Pugh' vs. Bell, 1 J. J. Mar., 404.)
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE DUVALL
delivered the opinion of the court:
George A. Smith and Tabitha, his wife, executed to Samuel and Edward Long a bond for the conveyance of a tract of land containing one hundred and thirty acres, which had descended to the heirs at law of Peter Ellis, deceased, eleven in number, of whom Mrs. Smith was one. The bond is dated the 15th February, 1849.
This action was instituted by the two Longs, to enforce a specific execution of the contract.
Smith and wife answered, the latter claiming to be entitled, as one of the heirs at law of her father, to one eleventh of the tract of land…
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