Bennett v. Bennett's Admr.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 56. — ACTION BY SALLIE K. BENNETT’S ADMINISTRATOR AGAINST H. J. BENNETT. — Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Appellant claims that in the absence of creditors, H. J. Bennett, a surviving husband, having come into possession of $1,000.-00, the property of his deceased wife in her life time, being the price of a tract of land, belonging to her, which he sold with her knowledge, approval and consent…
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CASE 56. — ACTION BY SALLIE K. BENNETT’S ADMINISTRATOR AGAINST H. J. BENNETT. — Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Appellant claims that in the absence of creditors, H. J. Bennett, a surviving husband, having come into possession of $1,000.-00, the property of his deceased wife in her life time, being the price of a tract of land, belonging to her, which he sold with her knowledge, approval and consent in 1899, this being prior to the act of March 15, 1894, that he was entitled to the whole of said fund as against her…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Settle
— Affirming.
This appeal presents for review a judgment of the Madison Circuit Court, whereby appellee, J. J. Embry, as administrator of the estate of Sallie K. Bennett, deceased, recovered of the appellant, H. J. Bennett, upon a note, $1,838.44, with interest from March *4471, 1899, which, the latter executed as of that date to the decedent, in renewal of a note for $1,000, that bore date November 5, 1889, and which, with its accumulated interest,, down to the date of the renewal, amounted to $1,838.44. The decedent, Sallie K. Ben-net, was the wife of the…
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- Hunt v. CrockerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Burchett v. BurchettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Liberty Bank & Trust Co. v. Kentucky Title Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
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