Walton v. Broaddus
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 15 — PETITION EQUITY — CITED Civil Code, secs. 713, 716, 30. 13 B. Mon. 392, Jones v. Letchex'. 2 Bush, 115, Bowen v. Sebree. 14 B. Mon. 247, Petty v. Molier. CITED Civil Code, sec. 716. Revised Statutes, sec. 8, chap. 97, 2 Stanton, 398.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PETERS
delivered the opinion op the court.
The jury were instructed by the court that the separate property of a married woman was only such as she held independent of her husband by the conveyance of it to her from the grantor or devisor or donor, and if they believed from the evidence that the wagon and gears in contest were not such separate property, they ought to find for the plaintiff. . .
The jury certainly understood from that, as was intended they should understand by the court, that separate estate in personal property in a married woman could not be created by parol gift or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tinsley v. RollCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859