Lusk v. Hopper
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 56 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 4 Littell, 289-317; 5 Mon., 287. 2 Dana, 99; & B. Mon., 71. 8 B. Mon., 468; 4 Bibb, 303. 3 B. Mon., 50; Burle vs. Chrisman. 4 B. Mon., 413 ; Dawson vs. Mitchell. 3 B. Mon., 452; Broadus vs. King. 10 B. Mon., 281. CITED— 3 B. Mon., 50; Burk vs. Chrisman.
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CASE 56 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 4 Littell, 289-317; 5 Mon., 287. 2 Dana, 99; & B. Mon., 71. 8 B. Mon., 468; 4 Bibb, 303. 3 B. Mon., 50; Burle vs. Chrisman. 4 B. Mon., 413 ; Dawson vs. Mitchell. 3 B. Mon., 452; Broadus vs. King. 10 B. Mon., 281. CITED— 3 B. Mon., 50; Burk vs. Chrisman. CITED— 7 Mon., 574; Hanson vs. Cowan. 2 J. J. M., 38; Harlan vs. Wingate’s adm’r. 4 J. J. M., 3 ; Castleman vs. Holmes. 1 Dana, 53; Letcher vs. Bank of Commonwealth. CITED— Civil Code, sec. 406.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Petees
Wm. S. Pearl, having purchased of John Gill, sr., a tract of land in Garrard county, containing one hundred and fifty-seven acres and a fraction, made a parol gift of it to his son-in-law, John Gardner, who took possession; and, on the 21st of September, 1853, contracted to sell it to Alexander Lusk, at the price of twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents per acre, in three equal installments — the first to 'be paid the 1st of January, 1854, and the other two were payable respectively on 1st of January, 1855, and 1st of January, 1856, with interest from the 1st of January, 1854. The contract was…
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