Legal Opinion

Chester v. Graves

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 27, 1914PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeals from Jefferson Circuit Court (Common Pleas, Third Division).

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

These two appeals involve the same questions, and will be considered in one opinion. They grow ont of certain proceedings in the Jefferson Circuit Court, Common Pleas Branch, Third Division, whereby John C. G-raves and Mary C. Graves, his wife, sought to adopt two infant children, Peach Ethel McGlothlin and Lida May McGlothlin, and involve the propriety of that court’s action in entering wunc pro tunc two judgments purporting to have been rendered by that court several years before.

On Deeembfei 11, 1908, plaintiffs, John C. and…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Gray v. BrignardelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1864
  2. Coughran v. GutcheusIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
  3. Weed v. WeedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1856
  4. Day v. PattersonIndiana Supreme Court · 1862
  5. Gamble v. DaughertySupreme Court of Missouri · 1880

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Benton v. KingCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  2. Ex parte PattersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
  3. Matter of Estate of KimballWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Graham v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1982
  5. Rogers v. Biggstaff'sCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917

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