Boyd v. Perkins
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 9. — ACTION BY ROBERT BOYD’S EXECUTOR AGAINST K. D. PERKINS ON LAND NOTES EXECUTED TO PLAINTIFF’S TESTATOR. — Appeal from Whitley Circuit Court. M. J. Moss, Circuit Judge. Judgment of dismissal; plaintiff appeals. — AUTHORITIES CITED.
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CASE 9. — ACTION BY ROBERT BOYD’S EXECUTOR AGAINST K. D. PERKINS ON LAND NOTES EXECUTED TO PLAINTIFF’S TESTATOR. — Appeal from Whitley Circuit Court. M. J. Moss, Circuit Judge. Judgment of dismissal; plaintiff appeals. — AUTHORITIES CITED. Webster’s Dictionary, “Nephew;" Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, “Nephew,” “kin,” “kindred;” Schouler on Wills -(2d Ed.), sections 536, 537; Second Jarm. on Wills, 661; A. & E. E. of Law (1st Ed.), vol. 12, p. 521; A. & E. E. of Law (1st Ed.), vol. 20, p. 738: A. & E. B. of Law (1st Ed.), vol. 29, p. 417; Tiffany v. Emmitt, 24 R. I. 411; Huling v. Fenner, 9 R. I.…
1Opinion of the Court
*79Opinion of the Court by
Judge Settle —
Reversing.
The, appellant, Robert Boyd, Jr., as executor of the will of Robert Boyd, Sr., sued the appellee, K. D. Perkins, in the court below upon five notes of $500 each, which the latter had executed to Robert Boyd, Sr., before his death. The notes were given for and were secured by a lien upon real estate in the city of Williamsburg, Whitley county. Appellee filed answer, admitting the execution of the notes, but alleging affirmatively that they were cancelled and bequeathed to him by the will of the testator. A demurrer was filed to the answer, which…
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