Gordon's Heirs v. Gordon
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 49 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM MONTGOMERY CIRCUIT COURT. The facts appear in the opinion of the court. Parol evidence is competent to show that the deed was an advancement, and not a sale; and the proof in the cause abundantly establishes the position that it was in fact an advancement.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE DUVALL
belivered the opinion of the court:
Randall Gordon conveyed to his son William Y. Gordon, by deed dated the 1st day of June, 1836, a tract of land containing 105 acres, for the consideration, as expressed in the deed, “ of the sum of four hundred dollars, to me in hand paid.”
Randall Gordon died intestate in 1853, and this action was brought by one of his children against his administrator and the other children, for a settlement of the estate. Various amended and cross-pleadings were subsequently filed, in one of which it was charged that the conveyance from the decedent to William…
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