Churchill v. Churchill
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 29 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. cited 2 Jarman on Wills, top pages 19, 51, 52, 53; 9 Dana, 1; 9 B. Mon., 204; cited 4 Lift., 349; 12 B. Mon., 115.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE STITES
delivered the opinion of the court. (Judge Wood did not sit in this case.)
This was a petition in equity, brought by Worden P. Churchill against Armistead Churchill and others, to recover one fourth of certain lands and slaves, to which he asserted title under the will of his deceased grandfather, Henry Churchill, deceased.
The defendants, who were children and devisees of the testator, denied the p'lairitiif’s right. The court below decided that he was entitled, and the correctness of that judgment is questioned by this appeal.
The case turns upon a proper construction of Henry…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Phillips' Devisees v. BeallCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1839
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