Wickliffe's Executors v. Preston
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 25 — PETITION EQUITY cited 2 Tern., 337; Rev. Stat., title, Wills, sec. 12; White & Tudor's Leading Cases in Equity, 346; 2 Cox, 182; 9 B. Mon , 367; 2 Ves., 624; Ward on Legacies, 9 and 13. cited Toiler's Law of Executors, 19, 23; Rev. Stat., chap. 46, art. 3; 3 Met. Ky.
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CASE 25 — PETITION EQUITY cited 2 Tern., 337; Rev. Stat., title, Wills, sec. 12; White & Tudor's Leading Cases in Equity, 346; 2 Cox, 182; 9 B. Mon , 367; 2 Ves., 624; Ward on Legacies, 9 and 13. cited Toiler's Law of Executors, 19, 23; Rev. Stat., chap. 46, art. 3; 3 Met. Ky. Rep., 473; Rev. Slat., chapter on Wills, sec. 12. cited.4 Kent, 528, 529; 7 John., Ch. Rep.,258; 1 Jarman on Wills, 145, 146, 147, 148; Rev. Stat., chap. 106, sec. 12; lb., chap. 46, art. 3; 7 Paige, 97; 5 Litt., 28; 4 J. J. Mar., 627; 2 Dana, 54; 7 J.J. Mar., 58; 3 Dana, 477; Rev. Stat., chap. 21, sec. 25.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGB BULLITT
delivered the opinion op the godrt:
Robert WickliiTe, by a codicil to his will, made in 1854, devised to his daughter, Margaret, wife of Wm. Preston, certain property, including a tract of land called Piedmont, and containing 3,300 acres. in 1858 he authorized his agent to sell that part ofsaid land “lying over Slate creek,” being, as it appears, about 500 acres, if he could get $25 per acre. In July, 1859, the agent sold 199 acres of said land for $25 per acre, one-third payable on the 1st March, 1860, and the residue in one and two years thereafter, with interest from that date,…
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