Legal Opinion

Hall v. Wright

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 12, 1909PublishedCited by 15 opinions

CASE 6. — ACTION BY W. H. HALL AND OTHERS AGAINST JOHN W. WRIGHT AND OTHERS — Appeal from Letcher Circuit Court. L. D. Lewis, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendants and plaintiffs appeal.—

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Barker

— Reversing.

In 1882 Eli Hall conveyed by deed to Ms son, Joseph. Hall, a tract of land in Letcher county, Ky., containing in round numbers 2,000 acres. In this deed the wife of the vendor did not join. In 1885 Eli Hall and his wife conveyed to Joseph Hall and his children in round numbers 1,500 acres of the same land that was embraced in the deed of 1882; it being claimed by appellants that the last deed was a substitute for the first, and made to carry into *41effect a contract by which the first was rescinded. In 1893 Joseph Hall purchased from the Aultman &…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bodine's Adm'rs v. ArthurCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
  2. Hall v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
  3. Redding v. Vogt.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  4. Rhoades v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Baskett v. SellarsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1892

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Arizona-Parral Mining Co. v. ForbesArizona Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Long v. HowardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
  3. Borgeson v. TubbMontana Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Combs v. HounshellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
  5. Reid v. ReidCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929

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