Wells v. Lewis
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 18 — IN EQUITY cited 2 Johnson’s Gh’y. Rep., 77; 3 J:-J. Mar., 244-5; 3 Dessau’s Ch’y. Rep., 417; .Sugden on Powers, 114 to 121; 1 Story's Eq.,secs. 170 to 175; 2 Dana, 82-3; Pr. Dec., 224; 4 Mow.,73; 2 J. J. Mar., 223. cited 2 Johnson's Ch'y. Rep., 21; 2 Dana,'IQ) 2 J. J.'Mar., 223; 2 Dana, 99; Rev. Stat,, chap. 25; 1 Met., 396; Hardin, 421; 4 Mon., 73. '
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BULLITT
delivered the opinion op the court:
Matthew Thompson, who died in 1839, devised a tract of land, in Clarke county, to M. N. Thomson, M. F. Thompson, Haynie Thomson, and W. I. Thomson, all of whom were infants; and directed his executors to rent out the land until the youngest of the devisees should attain the age of 21 years, and divide the rents between them; and to sell the land when the youngest should attain the age of 21 years, and divide the proceeds between them, or the survivors then living; and he appointed James L. and Sanford Thomson executors of the will, both of whom…
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