Pearce's Heirs v. Patton
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from the Louisville Chancery Court. Chancery. Case 44. Case stated. The ease involves the construction of the 11th seo. of the statute of 1831, (1 St. Law, 463) coneerning conveyances. The provisions and proviso of of the 11th seo,, examined. Theconstraction to be given to the 11th section.
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Appeal from the Louisville Chancery Court. Chancery. Case 44. Case stated. The ease involves the construction of the 11th seo. of the statute of 1831, (1 St. Law, 463) coneerning conveyances. The provisions and proviso of of the 11th seo,, examined. Theconstraction to be given to the 11th section. As a prospective act of limitation the 11th section of the statute of 1831 was within the power of the Legislature,tested by either the State or Fedei ai constitutions, so far as it limits the time of bringing suits by femes covert where the right of equity existed. It does not apply to oases where…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ewino
This is a controversy about a lot of ground in the city of Louisville. George Walls devised the lot in question to his daughter, Elizabeth Patton, the wife of Samuel Patton. In 1797, Samuel Patton, by deed prepared in the name of himself and wife, conveyed the lot to Sarah Elliott, and the deed, upon his acknowledgment alone, was duly recorded. In 1806, the deed was presented to his wife, they then being residents of Hardin county, and signed and sealed by her, and on privy examination before two Justices of the Peace, acknowledged and certified by them, and their certificate recorded in due…
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