Legal Opinion

Duncan v. Gaines

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 28, 1878Published

APPEAL FROM FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT.

1Opinion of the Court

*840Opinion by

Judge Pryor:

The appellants, Duncan and wife, instituted this action in equity in the Franklin Circuit Court, alleging that one William A. Gaines at the time of his death was indebted to the appellant, Lucy Duncan, in a considerable sum of money, evidenced by his note executed in the year 1863. That they recovered a judgment against his personal representative for the debt, and had made all of the money except about $800, and as to this balance an execution had been returned “no property found.” That W. A. Gaines (the debtor) in his lifetime purchased of one R. P. Pepper a house and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lowry v. FisherCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1867
  2. Hagan v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1874

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