Legal Opinion

Davis v. Davis

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 2, 1874PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Case 16 — APPEALS FROM INFERIOR COURTS APPEAL PROM BRECKINRIDGE CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Civil Code, sections 18, 29, 314, 705. 4 J.J. Marsh. 535, Rives’s ex’r v. Rives. 4 Bush, 623, Baker v. L. & N. R. R. Co. 18 B. Mon.,657, Jones v. Hoffman.

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE PRYOR

delivered the opinion oe the court.

The Code of Practice provides the manner in which appeals are to be taken from judgments of justices of the peace, and this mode must be followed.

If the case had been transferred from the justice’s or quarterly court, without a trial in either, upon an agreed state of facts, and the circuit court had rendered a judgment, this court might have sustained it; but for no other reason than that the parties had consented to the award.

The question presented in this case is, can the circuit court be compelled or required to entertain jurisdiction of such…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Robinson v. CarltonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
  2. Willis v. TomesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
  3. C., O. & S. W. R. R. v. ReasorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
  4. FOX TROT PROPERTIES, LLC v. WrightKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Mississippi Central R. v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1875

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