Legal Opinion
Gentry v. Piercy
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided April 20, 1917PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Metcalfe Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Miller
Reversing.
*176This is a contest over the appellant’s right to use a spring located upon appellees ’ land.
When James Wade, of Metcalfe county, died in 1864, he owned a farm of 340 acres. He left surviving him- a widow and several children, Mrs. Martha Charlton- and Mrs. Williams, the wife of Jabez Williams, being two of them.
In a partition suit instituted in 1867, fifty acres adjoining a dower tract of 117 acres, was allotted to Mrs. Charlton. A spring was located upon the Charlton tract, about 30 feet from the division line between that tract and the dower…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- School District No. 8 v. LynchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1866
- O'Daniel v. O'DanielCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
- Lebus v. BostonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
- Henry v. KochCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1882
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Goodloe v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1954