Rissberger v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 18. — ACTION BY PHILIP RISSBERGER AGAINST ELI PI. BROWN AND THE CITY OP LOUISVILLE TO RECOVER TAXES Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court, Chancery Branch (1st Division). Shackelford Miller, Judgé. Prom the judgment rendered plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Barker
Reversing.
Eli IT. Brown, Sr., and his wife, Nancy W. Brown in 1881 mortgaged a lot of ground and the improvements thereon, in Louisville, to the appellant, Philip Rissberger, to secure the payment of a note of even date with the mortgage for the sum of $2,000. In 1885 Nancy W. Brown, the owner of the property, died, leaving her husband and four children surviving *143her. Afterwards one of these died. Eli TI. Brown, Sr., who, upon the death of his wife, became the life tenant of the .estate, seems to have kept the interest upon the debt to Rissberger paid up until 1898, when…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fenley v. City of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
- Woolley v. City of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
3Cited by1 opinion
- Eason v. SpenceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950