Gulley v. Prather's administrator
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 22 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Revised Statutes, 1 Stanton, 500, section 13. Ms. Op. 1869, Smith v. Haywood. cited Revised Statutes, section 13, chapter 37. Act of 1810, section 1, Revised Statutes. 1 Marshall, 89, Jackson v. Jewries. 1 Dana, 306, Simpson v. Hawkins.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PETERS
delivered the opinion oe the court.
In 1848 James Prather died testate, at his residence in Garrard County, having devised his real estate to his surviving widow for life, directing it to be sold by his executor at her death to the highest bidder at public auction. It seems that the widow survived her husband a number of years; and Taylor, the executor nominated in the will, and who qualified, *168died before having sold the land, and administration de bonis non oum testamento annexo was granted to James T. Tate by the proper court, who in 1868 sold the land left by the testator, his…
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