Legal Opinion

Graves v. Graves

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 10, 1860PublishedCited by 10 opinions

CASE 42 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM SCOTT CIRCUIT COURT. cited 3 Bibb, 15; 1 Marsh., 47 ; 3 J. J. Mar., 515; 4 lb., 592 ; 3 Bibb, 504. cited 1 Greenlecf’sEv.,sec. 182, 9th ed. cited 1 Bibb, 610. cited 1 Bibb, 609 ; 1 J. J. Mar., 3 ; lb., 401 ; 4 Blackf. 339 ; 2 lb., 441.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stites

This suit was brought by the appellant to compel appellee to convey to her certain land which she alleges he, in part, bought for her, as her agent, and paid for with her money, but the title to the whole of which had been made to him.

The petition fails to charge that the appellee violated any trust confided to him in procuring the deed thus to be made, or that the deed was so made without the consent or directions of appellant. For aught that appears to the contrary, the deed may have been made to him, with her consent, and by her authority and express direction.

The first question then that…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Thayer v. DanielsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  2. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. CasassaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  3. Byers v. DanleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1871
  4. Hazelton v. ValentineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  5. Miller v. StoutCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1878

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