Lee v. James
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 68 — DOWER APPEAL EROM KENTON CHANCERY COURT. Appellee is bound by the terms of the deed of her husband and herself from the date of its record. (General Statutes, chap. 24, sec. 22.) Chambers having bought from James, the husband of appellee, and applied the consideration of his purchase to the extinguishment of the pending lien for the purchase money, in no case can appellee have any claim to dower.
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Case 68 — DOWER APPEAL EROM KENTON CHANCERY COURT. Appellee is bound by the terms of the deed of her husband and herself from the date of its record. (General Statutes, chap. 24, sec. 22.) Chambers having bought from James, the husband of appellee, and applied the consideration of his purchase to the extinguishment of the pending lien for the purchase money, in no case can appellee have any claim to dower. The deed from James and wife (the appellee) was not recorded for eighteen years after its execution. It did not pass the dower interest of appellee. (McGuire v. Bowman, 6 Bush, 550.) The…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PRYOR
delivered the opinion op the court.
Porter and wife conveyed a lot of ground in the city of Covington, for the consideration of $624.25, to Alexander *444James. One hundred dollars of the purchase money was paid in hand, and the balance was payable in one, two, three, and four years, for which notes were executed, and a lien retained in the deed to secure the payment. James sold this lot to Chambers, Chambers to Moore, and Moore to the appellant, Lee, who is the present owner.
James and wife executed a conveyance to Chambers, properly acknowledged, in June, 1862, but the deed was not…
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