Legal Opinion

Combs v. Beatty

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 25, 1868PublishedCited by 6 opinions

CASE 33 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM MONTGOMERY CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, 410. CITED— Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, 410.

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE HitRDIN

delivered the opinion oe the court:

About thirteen years before the institution of this suit, Sarah Beatty, the widow of John Beatty, deceased, was in possession of about one hundred acres of land as his devisee for life, the estate in remainder therein being vested in said John Beatty’s children ; and Rob’t. Beatty, a son of said Sarah by a former marriage, who resided with his mother, and being mentally incompetent to provide for himself, seems to have been subject to the care and control of his mother.

At that time the appellant, whose wife was the daughter of Sarah Beatty, went…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Crain v. MalloneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
  2. Turpin's Administrator v. StringerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
  3. Coleman v. AdkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  4. Henry v. KnightIndiana Court of Appeals · 1919
  5. Smith v. BayrightNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1881

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