Thornton v. McGrath
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 47 — PETITION EQUITY cited 16 B. M., 396; 18 B. if., 591, 781; 1 Met., 262; 2 Met., 516, 574; 1 Met., 424; Smith on Const, and Slat. L., secs. 149 to 174; 4 Mon., 94; 6 Mon., 594; 5 Mon., 133 ; 1 J.J.
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CASE 47 — PETITION EQUITY cited 16 B. M., 396; 18 B. if., 591, 781; 1 Met., 262; 2 Met., 516, 574; 1 Met., 424; Smith on Const, and Slat. L., secs. 149 to 174; 4 Mon., 94; 6 Mon., 594; 5 Mon., 133 ; 1 J.J. M., 563; 7 B. M., 167 ; 3 Dal., 386; 2 Peters, 414, 627, 661; 7 Black., 474; 16 Ohio, 595; 8 Peters, 88, 109; 7 lnd., 316; 16 Mass., 326; 9 Gill, 299; 1 Jones, 489; 2 Greene (Iowa), 94; 10 lnd., 504; 8 S?n. and M., ■56 ; 9 Ibid, 312 ; 12 Ibid, 353 ; 4 BczrA, 296; 5 Ibid, 480; 9 Ibid, 452; 2 Paine, 74; 12 IPAeizt., 378; 11 Peters, 280 ; 17 Howard, 456; 16 0., 97; 12 0., 364; 16 Mass., 84,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion of the codrt :
In July, 1854, the appellant, Rosetta J. Thornton, bought at a decretal sale a lot in the city of Louisville, regularly sold in pursuance of a decree rendered by the chancellor of Louisville, on the petition therefor by Mary A. McGrath, as guardian of her infant children, to whom the estate had descended from their deceased father, Thomas A. McGrath; and with her co-appellant, Hawkins, Mrs. Thornton executed, for the price bid, bonds payable in installments as prescribed by the decree.
Having afterwards paid a portion of the consideration,…
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