Legal Opinion

Fauntleroy's Heirs v. Dunn

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 24, 1843PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error to the Garrard Circuit. Ejectment. Case 154.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ewing

The terms of the deeds of 1831 are so expressed as to be susceptible of being construed as a bargain and sale, release or confirmation, and should be construed in that way which will render them operative, in the effectuation of the object for which they were made, and being so construed, the title is complete in the defendant below.

Judgment affirmed, with costs.

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Larned v. LarnedSupreme Court of Kansas · 1916
  2. Scaplen v. BlanchardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904