Legal Opinion

Forrest v. Phillips

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided July 7, 1859PublishedCited by 29 opinions

CASE 39 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. cited Rev. Slat., 324; 15 B. Mon., 476 ; 3 Mon., 272; 2 Bibb, 518 ; 4 Mon., 464; 3 Bibb, 216; 13 B. Mon., 507; 8 lb., 105; 3 Litt., 127; 1 Dana, 360; 10 B. Mon., 159; 4 Mon., 235 ; 2 B. Mon., 254; 10 lb., 266. cited 2 Bibb, 403; 3 lb., 218, 219; 4 Mon., 474; 2 J. J. Mat'., 34, 35; 9 Dana, 325; Act of 1828, 1 Stat. Law, 653; Rev. Stat. 327; 8 Dana, 199; 4 J. J. Mar., 588; 2 B. Mon., 256. Rev. Stat., 327; 8…

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CASE 39 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. cited Rev. Slat., 324; 15 B. Mon., 476 ; 3 Mon., 272; 2 Bibb, 518 ; 4 Mon., 464; 3 Bibb, 216; 13 B. Mon., 507; 8 lb., 105; 3 Litt., 127; 1 Dana, 360; 10 B. Mon., 159; 4 Mon., 235 ; 2 B. Mon., 254; 10 lb., 266. cited 2 Bibb, 403; 3 lb., 218, 219; 4 Mon., 474; 2 J. J. Mat'., 34, 35; 9 Dana, 325; Act of 1828, 1 Stat. Law, 653; Rev. Stat. 327; 8 Dana, 199; 4 J. J. Mar., 588; 2 B. Mon., 256. Rev. Stat., 327; 8 Dana, 199; 18 B. Mon., 60. cited Rev. Stat., 327.

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE DUVALL

oelivered the opinion of the counT:

In November, 1854, an execution came to the hands of the sheriff of Jefferson county against H. H. Phillips and others. By a writing dated the 21st November, 1854, Phillips requested and directed the sheriff to levy the execution “upon the undivided interest of said Phillips of, in, and to 500 acres of land lying in Jefferson county, Kentucky, about six miles south *195of the city of Louisville,” &c., and to “ sell the same under said execution.”

The interest of Phillips thus surrendered, being an undivided third of the 500 acres of land, had been…

2Cited by29 opinions

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  2. Gifford v. ChoateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  3. Hooper v. BradburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
  4. Livingston v. . MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  5. Shattuck v. BalcomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898

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