Legal Opinion

Smith's ex'r v. Vertrees

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 14, 1867PublishedCited by 1 opinion

CASE 12 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Civil Code, secs. 473, 161, 300, 301, 298, 297. 1 Metcalfe, 26; Rogers vs. Rogers. 15 B. Mon., 48 ; Maysville <§• L. Railroad vs. Pannett. 4 Metcalfe, 236 ; Applegate vs. Applegate. 18 B. Monroe, 223; Hortsman vs. Lex. ¿y Cov. R. R. 4 Metcalfe, 130; Taylor vs. Moran. 1 Metcalfe, 667 ; Brookover vs. Hurst. 16 Barber, 633 ; Andrews vs. Bond. 6 B. Mon., 141; McGrath vs. Balser. 7 Barb.

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CASE 12 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Civil Code, secs. 473, 161, 300, 301, 298, 297. 1 Metcalfe, 26; Rogers vs. Rogers. 15 B. Mon., 48 ; Maysville <§• L. Railroad vs. Pannett. 4 Metcalfe, 236 ; Applegate vs. Applegate. 18 B. Monroe, 223; Hortsman vs. Lex. ¿y Cov. R. R. 4 Metcalfe, 130; Taylor vs. Moran. 1 Metcalfe, 667 ; Brookover vs. Hurst. 16 Barber, 633 ; Andrews vs. Bond. 6 B. Mon., 141; McGrath vs. Balser. 7 Barb. S. C., 470; Leach vs. Kelsey. 1 Duvall, 166-7 ; Maiders vs. Culver, assignee. 2 Revised Statutes, 230, sec. 24, chap. 80. Hill on Trustees, side…

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE WILLIAMS

delivered the opinion of the court:

S. J. Poston having conveyed certain real estate, slaves and choses in action, to the testator, J. W. Smith, March 25, 1851, in trust, to pay certain debts: after testator’s decease, his executor and principal legatee, the appellant, agreed with the beneficiaries to arbitrate the matters in dispute. The award being made, this suit was originally brought to enforce it, which appellant resisted; his answer was made a cross-petition; appellees made their answer thereto an amendment also to their original petition, asserting the original cause of…

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  1. Prather v. McDowellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1871

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