Ball v. Hancock's Adm'r
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 16 — CONSTRUCTION OH DEED APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. 1. The deed did not create a life estate in Mrs. H. On the contrary, it. created and vested an. estate in foe-simple for her to all the lots therein mentioned. 2. If said deed were construed to have created a life estate, it would then have to ho construed as having vested such life estate in Mrs. H. with remainder; first, “ to her heirs; ” second, to the heirs of her-husband in ease she should survive…
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Case 16 — CONSTRUCTION OH DEED APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. 1. The deed did not create a life estate in Mrs. H. On the contrary, it. created and vested an. estate in foe-simple for her to all the lots therein mentioned. 2. If said deed were construed to have created a life estate, it would then have to ho construed as having vested such life estate in Mrs. H. with remainder; first, “ to her heirs; ” second, to the heirs of her-husband in ease she should survive him, and thirl, to the children of said IV. Hancock, their heirs and assigns, in case she should die during the life-time…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hargis
This was an action by the administrator of Washington B. Hancock, deceased, to ascertain his interest in *109lots number 18, 19, 20, and 21, lying on Jefferson and Fourteenth streets, in Cosby’s Enlargement of the city of Louisville, and to subject it to payment of his debts, there being, as alleged, an insufficiency of personal estate for that purpose. The heirs of Marion Sophia, deceased wife of Washington B. Hancock, were made parties, and claimed, by appropriate pleadings, two-thirds interest in the lots which the administrator was. seeking to sell. Their claim was based upon a deed of trust…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ide v. IdeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
- Bank of Kentucky v. Vance's AdministratorsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1823
- Caleb v. FieldCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1840
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- McCullough's Adm'r v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
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- Gannon v. AlbrightSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- Cornwell v. WulffSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
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