Legal Opinion

Phipps v. Acton

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 31, 1876PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Case 36 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM OHIO CIRCUIT COURT. CITED General Statutes, sec. 14, chap. 38, page 434. Com. Rep. March 16, 1874, Hicks v. Pepper. 14 Wallace, 469, Black v. Curran. 60 Illinois, Finley v. McConnell. (Brief not in record.)

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE ELLIOTT

delivered the opinion op the court.

Gabriel Acton departed this life domiciled in the county of Ohio, the owner and in the occupancy of one hundred and thirty-seven acres of land, leaving his widow, the appellee, Cordelia B. Acton, and his two children, ¥m. L. and Sarah C. Acton, in the possession and occupancy thereof.

In a suit by his administrators to settle his estate as insolvent the present appellants were made parties as general creditors, and in pursuance of a judgment sustaining the widow’s claim to a homestead, commissioners were appointed to value it, who allotted to her…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Zimmer v. PauleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Freeman v. MillsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
  3. Sansberry v. Simms' adm'xCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1881
  4. Boggess v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  5. Taree v. SpriggsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912

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