Legal Opinion
Fox v. Long
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided January 29, 1871PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Case 22 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM MASON COUNTY COURT. CITED Revised Statutes, sec. 2, chap. 83, 2 Stanton, 250. CITED Revised Statutes, sec. 2, art. 5, cliap. 83, 2 Stanton, 250. Taylor’s Landlord and Tenant, section 52, page 32. Hen. & Munf. 470, Newton v. Wilson. 1 Parsons on Contracts, 499. 5 Rand. 574, Miclrie v. Wood’s executors. 3 Bush, 164. 5 Bush, 103. 3 McCord, 211.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pryor
The appellant, Lucretia Fox, as the widow of Arthur Fox, had allotted to her as dower in her husband's lands a tract of one hundred and ninety aeres, laid off by commissioners, and defined by certain metes and bounds. This land she leased to the appellee, L. H. Long, as is evidenced by the following agreement:
“I, Lucretia Fox, of Mason County, Ky., have this day rented to Lewis H. Long, of the county and state aforesaid, during my natural life, my farm, the one on which I now reside, containing about one hundred and ninety acres, more or less; for which the said L. H. Long is to pay me at the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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