Jennings v. Monks'
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 13 — PETITION EQUITY cited 2 Bibb, 317 ; 1 Mar., 73; sess. acts 1834-5, page 185; 12 B. Mon., 276; 9 B. Mon., 163 ; 4 Mon., 271. cited 1 Mar., 364; 4 J. J. Mar., 77; 2 B. Mon ,68; 12 B. Mon.,271.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BULLITT
deliveked the opinion oe the oohkt:-
The Legislature, in 1835, passed an act (sess. acts, 1834-5, page 185,) authorizing a sale of the lands of James Monks, deceased, for the payment of his debts, upon a proceeding in chancery to be instituted for that purpose by his administrator. In that proceeding commissioners, appointed in pursuance of the act, reported that the decedent’s estate consisted of 333 acres of land, beside the land allotted to his widow, and the court decreed a sale of so much of said 333 acres as might be necessary to raise $1,200. A commissioner, appointed for…
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