Duvall v. Graves
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 22 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED 10 B, Monroe, 320, Coleman v. Woolley’s ex’r. 13 B. Monroe, 384, Bell & Terry v. Keller. 16 B. Monroe, 466, Burch v. Breckenridge. 17 B, Monroe, 319, Edwards v. Woolfolk’s adm’r. 11 B. Monroe, 138, Payne v. Payne. 14 B. Monroe, 247, Petty v. Malier. 17 Johnson, 548, M. E. Church v. Jacques. 14 B. Monroe, 145. 17 B. Monroe, 447, 682. 16 Meeson & Welsby, 778. 12 B. Monroe, 371. 12 B. Monroe, 329. 10 Ohio,…
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Case 22 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED 10 B, Monroe, 320, Coleman v. Woolley’s ex’r. 13 B. Monroe, 384, Bell & Terry v. Keller. 16 B. Monroe, 466, Burch v. Breckenridge. 17 B, Monroe, 319, Edwards v. Woolfolk’s adm’r. 11 B. Monroe, 138, Payne v. Payne. 14 B. Monroe, 247, Petty v. Malier. 17 Johnson, 548, M. E. Church v. Jacques. 14 B. Monroe, 145. 17 B. Monroe, 447, 682. 16 Meeson & Welsby, 778. 12 B. Monroe, 371. 12 B. Monroe, 329. 10 Ohio, 37, 42. 4 Littell, 21, Pyle v. Cravens. 1 Fonbl. Equity, 75, N. Z. 1 Am. Leading Cases, 250, 251, Tucker, &c. v.…
1Opinion of the Court
CHIEE JUSTICE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion op the court.
On tbe 15th of February, 1838, Claudius Duvall and Julia Ann Mercer, co-appellants in this case, intermarried in Kentucky, where she owned a competent estate, real and personal, inherited from her deceased father. She then being an infant and Claudius insolvent, they made an antenuptial settlement for securing to her the exclusive right to all her' estate against him and his creditors; and for that purpose they jointly executed- a deed conveying all the property to her mother, Winney Mercer, in trust, with power to sell, with her…
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- Burgin v. ChenaultCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1848
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- Forsee's Admx. v. ForseeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911