Rau & Rieke v. Boyle & Boyle
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 36 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED— 5 Watts Serg., 315; Glippengcr vs. Hepbaugh. 7 Waits, 152; Gulden vs. Hatzfield. 7 J. J. Marshall, 640; McGill’s adm’r vs. Burnett. 6 Dana, 306 ; Wood vs. McCann. 4 Dali., 299 ; Mabin, survivor, vs. Coulon. 15 Peters, 40; liousman vs. North Carolina. 2 H. Bla., 379 ; Mitchell vs. Cockburn. 1 Park, on Ins.,p. 8 (N. P.); Sullivan vs. Greaves. 2 Bos.
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CASE 36 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED— 5 Watts Serg., 315; Glippengcr vs. Hepbaugh. 7 Waits, 152; Gulden vs. Hatzfield. 7 J. J. Marshall, 640; McGill’s adm’r vs. Burnett. 6 Dana, 306 ; Wood vs. McCann. 4 Dali., 299 ; Mabin, survivor, vs. Coulon. 15 Peters, 40; liousman vs. North Carolina. 2 H. Bla., 379 ; Mitchell vs. Cockburn. 1 Park, on Ins.,p. 8 (N. P.); Sullivan vs. Greaves. 2 Bos. S)~ Pul., 372 ; Aubert vs. Mase. 2 Bibb,---; Bowman vs. Freeman. 4 Bibb, 441; Craig vs. Miller. 4 Littell, 10; Halbert vs. Peering. 1 Dana, 594; Wickliffe vs. Clay. 8 Dana, 1;…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PETERS
delivered the opinion oe the court:
Appellants having purchased a quantity of tobacco in that part of Kentucky west of the Tennessee river, *256then within the military command of General Payne, of Paducah fame, that officer seized and held their tobacco under pretense of military authority to do so. They, on the 11th of August, 1864, while their property was thus wrongfully withheld from them, made a written contract with John Boyle, by which he undertook to procure its release for the compensation therein expressed (the terms of said contract will hereafter be substantially stated);…
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