Dixon v. Hosick
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 39 — PETITION EQUITY 1. A court of equity will uphold and sanction that which has been done if it would have authorized the doing of the same, if it had been applied to. In this case any chancellor would certainly have authorized the appellant and his wife to- do what they did do for the infant.
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Case 39 — PETITION EQUITY 1. A court of equity will uphold and sanction that which has been done if it would have authorized the doing of the same, if it had been applied to. In this case any chancellor would certainly have authorized the appellant and his wife to- do what they did do for the infant. Withers v. Hickman, 6 B. M., 295; Jarret v. Andrews, 7 Bush, 311; Campbell v. Golden, 79 Ky., 544. 2. The guardian of a female ward with only an estate consisting of unproductive land and who had made advancements for her sustenance, clothing, and education and suitable necessaries, may subject…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BURNAM
delivered the opinion oe the court.
James A. Hosick died, intestate, in 1878, leaving surviving Mm a widow and one child, a daughter. At his death he owned in fee simple two tracts of land situated in Livingston county, Kentucky, one containing 74 acres and the other about 140 acres. After his death, by proper proceedings, the 74-acre tract was allotted to the widow as dower, and the residue of the real estate was set apart to the infant, then about 8 years old. ■ •
In 1881 the widow of James A. Hosick married J. M. Dixon, of Titersville, Florida, and immediately moved, with her…
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