Dawkins v. Hough
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 102 — Action to Surcharge a Settlement Made by a Guardian. APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment foe Plaintiffs and Defendant Appeals. This appeal is taken by reason of the errors of the court below in not sustaining the special demurrer of J. E. Dawkins for himself and those for whom he stood as trustee. (1.) Because the court had no jurisdiction of the defendants.
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Case 102 — Action to Surcharge a Settlement Made by a Guardian. APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment foe Plaintiffs and Defendant Appeals. This appeal is taken by reason of the errors of the court below in not sustaining the special demurrer of J. E. Dawkins for himself and those for whom he stood as trustee. (1.) Because the court had no jurisdiction of the defendants. (2.) Because the court had no jurisdiction of the subject matter set forth by the plaintiff below in the amended petition. Our contention is that J. E. Dawkins is improperly joined in this action, in his individual…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op tee court by
JUDGE BURNAM —
Affirming.
In June, 1896, the appellee, Mary I. Hough, instituted this suit in the Hardin circuit court to surcharge a settlement made by her former guardian, W. P. Reesor. She alleged, in substance, that the defendant 'Reesor qualified as her guardian in the Hardin county court (the county of their residence) in April, 1887; that, in addition to certain personal property, she owned an interest in a tract of land in Jefferson county, which wasi inherited from her'maternal grandmother, Mary Coffman, who died before her mother; that the Jefferson Southern…
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