Legal Opinion

Jewell v. Clark's ex'r

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 3, 1880PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Case 81 — EQUITY— APPEAL FROM NICHOLAS CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Appellant is not a purchaser. The land was derived by descent from his father. 2. The statute as to purchasers has no application to him. (Gen. Stat., art. 13, sec. 9, chap. 38; 2 Wash, on Real Property, 401; Brame v. Craig, 12 Bush, 404.)

1Opinion of the Court

. JUDGE COFER

delivered ti-ie opinion of the court.

The appellant was a bona fide housekeeper with a family, . and' resided on land belonging to his father; his father died intestate, and in the division of his estate, the land on which • appellant resided was alotted to him, and he continues to reside upon it.

Afterward the appellees, having a judgment against the • appellant, rendered in the life-time of his father, for a debt ■created since June i, 1866, sued out an execution, which they caused to be levied upon the land allotted as above to the appellant. The land was sold and the appellees…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Roark v. BachCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
  2. Spratt v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
  3. Deboe v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
  4. In re BakerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
  5. Covington Brothers Co. v. ByrnsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929

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