Guier v. Bridges
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 19 — Action by Jane K. Bridges against Susan Guier, &c. to Recover Land. — November 34. APPEAL PROM GRAVES CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendants Appeal and Plaintiff Files Cross Appeal.
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Case 19 — Action by Jane K. Bridges against Susan Guier, &c. to Recover Land. — November 34. APPEAL PROM GRAVES CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendants Appeal and Plaintiff Files Cross Appeal. In 1885 Luther L. Martin, an infant, eighteen years of age, died without issue, the owner of two tracts of land, one of forty acres, conveyed to him by H. Hodges in February, 1883, and the other, twenty-seven acres, conveyed by W. H. Martin, in November, 1884. His father, Wm, Martin, died in April 1900, leaving a will made in December 1891, in which be devised to his wife, Nancy J. Martin,…
1Opinion of the Court
"Opinion of the court by
JUDGE BURN AM,
affirming on original AND REVERSING ON CROSS APPEAL.
In 188,7 Luther L. Martin died in infancy, the owner of two tracts of land — one of 40 acres, in which be held title by deed from H. Hodges, and the other of 27 acres, by deed from W. H. Martin. Both his father, William Martin, and his mother, Nancy J. Martin, survived- him. The father, William Martin, died in 1900, leaving a will by which he devised to his wife, Nancy J. Martin, all of his real estate during her life or widowhood, and at her death to go to his three daughters, Susan Guier, L. S. Grissom…
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