Legal Opinion

Lee's Adm'r v. Harper

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 1, 1873PublishedCited by 1 opinion

APPEAL FROM HICKMAN CIRCUIT COURT.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Pryor:

Conceding that the agreement by which the appellees obtained possession to run the mill race through the appellant’s land was executed on the Sabbath, if after its execution it was ratified and confirmed by the appellees, it then Recomes valid and obligatory upon them. Whether or not there was such a confirmation of the agreement after its date by the appellees is'a question for the jury to determine. The instructions to find for the defendants in the event the writing was executed on the Sabbath was erroneous, without at the same time so qualifying that instructions as…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Graham v. SwigertCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1851

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hofgesang v. SilverCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930

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