Montgomery v. Montgomery
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 97 — Action by Daisy Montgomery Against H. P. Montgomery, on Assumpsit to Recover $170.00. APPEAL FROM SCOTT CIRCUIT COURT-JAMES E. CANTRILL, CIRCUIT ‘ JUDGE. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The consideration named in the deed from appellee to appellant could not be impeached or denied except hy pleading verified by oath. Ky.
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Case 97 — Action by Daisy Montgomery Against H. P. Montgomery, on Assumpsit to Recover $170.00. APPEAL FROM SCOTT CIRCUIT COURT-JAMES E. CANTRILL, CIRCUIT ‘ JUDGE. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The consideration named in the deed from appellee to appellant could not be impeached or denied except hy pleading verified by oath. Ky. Stat., sec. 472. 2. In the absence ot an allegation of fraud or mistake in the execution of this deed, parol testimony was not admissable to contradict its recitals. 103 Ky., 140, and cases therein discussed. (We regard this proposition so well settled that we decline to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE O’REAR
Dismissing Appeal.
Appellee sued appellant, in an- action- in. the nature of express assumpsit, to recover $170. The answer denied the alleged agreement, and pleaded as a .set-off that appellant had paid for appellee certain taxes on lands owned by them jointly, in a given proportion, when the legal title was in appellant to the whole tract, while appellee owned the equitable title to the proportion named. The sum claimed by appellant on this account was $95.24. The circuit court struck out so much of his pleading as claimed the taxes. The verdict and…
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