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Wickliffe's v. Breckinridge's heirs

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided March 8, 1866PublishedCited by 7 opinions

CASE 102 — BILL IN CHANCERY APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 7 Mon., 56 ; Saunders’ heirs vs. Morrison’s ex'or, SfC. Brightly's Digest, p. 102, head, Virginia Land Warrants. CITED— 1 Parson's Cont., 35, 36. 3 Dana, 68; Buford vs. Francisco. Sedgwick on Damages, p. 304. Ckitty Con., 814. Bouvier's Inst., 1 vol., 335, sec. 861. 10 B. Mon., 88 ; Dudley vs. Price's aclm'r. 6 J. J. M., 229; Jeeter's adm'r vs. Durham, SfC.

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CASE 102 — BILL IN CHANCERY APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 7 Mon., 56 ; Saunders’ heirs vs. Morrison’s ex'or, SfC. Brightly's Digest, p. 102, head, Virginia Land Warrants. CITED— 1 Parson's Cont., 35, 36. 3 Dana, 68; Buford vs. Francisco. Sedgwick on Damages, p. 304. Ckitty Con., 814. Bouvier's Inst., 1 vol., 335, sec. 861. 10 B. Mon., 88 ; Dudley vs. Price's aclm'r. 6 J. J. M., 229; Jeeter's adm'r vs. Durham, SfC. Chief Justice Peters and Judge Robertson could not sit on the trial of this cause, and the Governor, pursuant to statute, appointed the Hon. A. J. James and the Hon. G.…

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE JA>IES (special judge)

delivered the opinion oe the court:

This is an appeal prayed by Wickliffe, Nicholas’ devisees, Beall’s administrator, with the will annexed, Samuel Smith’s trustees, Bank of the United States, and Luke Tiernan’s administrator, from a decree of the Fayette circuit court, rendered against them at the February term, 1859, in favor of the complainants, the administrators and heirs of John Breckinridge, deceased, which decree orders the defendants, S. S. Nicholas and R. Hawes, two of the devisees of Col. Geo. Nicholas, deceased, to pay to the complainants the sum of five…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Thoms v. SouthardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1834

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bridger v. Exchange BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Black v. SuttonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
  3. Rowe v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
  4. Preston v. BreckinridgeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
  5. Olson v. LeibpkeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900

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