Copeland v. Copeland
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 68 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL EROM SIMPSON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Act of 1850, incorporating Lou. & Nash. R. R. Co., sec. 18. Pierce on American Railroad Law, 127. Angelí & Ames on Corporations, sections 556 to 563. Hilliard on Real Property, 73. 2 Parsons on Contracts, 316. 1 Greenleaf’s Cruise, 39, 40. 1 Ohio State, 350, Johns v. Johns. 1 Rhode Island, 165, Arnold v. Ruggle. 4 Massachusetts, 396, Tippets v. Walker. 9 Johnson, 96-100, Denton, &c. v. Livingston, &c. 9 Yerk,…
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Case 68 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL EROM SIMPSON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Act of 1850, incorporating Lou. & Nash. R. R. Co., sec. 18. Pierce on American Railroad Law, 127. Angelí & Ames on Corporations, sections 556 to 563. Hilliard on Real Property, 73. 2 Parsons on Contracts, 316. 1 Greenleaf’s Cruise, 39, 40. 1 Ohio State, 350, Johns v. Johns. 1 Rhode Island, 165, Arnold v. Ruggle. 4 Massachusetts, 396, Tippets v. Walker. 9 Johnson, 96-100, Denton, &c. v. Livingston, &c. 9 Yerk, 501, Union Bank v. The State. 2 Younge & Collyer, 268, Bligh v. Brent. 3 Meeson & Welsby, 422, Bradley v. Holdsworth.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Robertson
delivered the OHnsrou oe the court.
Tlie sole question in this case is whether stock in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad is real or personal estate.
In the case of Price v. Price’s heirs, 6 Dana, 107, this court adjudged such stock to be real estate; and that decision, rendered April 4, 1838, has been apparently approved by general acquiescence for more than thirty-two years, corroborated by the refusal of the popular branch of the last session of the legislature to change the law as thus recognized and established by the judiciary. Such authority answers the question in this court; but…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Price v. Price's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1838
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