Legal Opinion
Rash v. Peoples Deposit Bank & Trust Co.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided March 20, 1950No. 672PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORD, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff, Mrs. Nell Rummans Rash, seeks specific performance of an alleged lost contract claimed to have been executed by her and Clarence Jones Wright, deceased, in May 1926, by the terms of which she claims he agreed, in consideration of certain services to be rendered by her until his death “that he would by will or other instrument confer upon and vest in her the fee simple title and ownership of all his estate.”
Clarence Jones Wright, a bachelor, residing in Bourbon County, Ky., died, testate, on October 24, 1947. By his last will and testament he bequeathed $5,000…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Purcell v. MinerSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Simpson & Co. v. DallSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Broughton v. BroughtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
- Russell v. SharpSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- Sharpe v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. v. Paul L. Flanagan, D/B/A Paul L. Flanagan and SonsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965
- Rash v. Peoples Deposit Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1951