Legal Opinion

Kibbey v. Jones

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 29, 1870PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Case 41 — PETITION EQUITY appeal from carter circuit court. CITED 5 Bush, 393, Marsh v. Alford and wife. CITED 2 Bush, 72, Lowry v. Fisher. 4 Bush, 379, Pryor, &e. v. Smith.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Robertson

The appellant, as holder of a judgment against the appellee, on a note for one hundred and eighty dollars, given since the first of June, 1866, in consideration of a note executed before that date for one hundred dollars, and of a debt of eighty dollars contracted since, filed a petition in equity for subjecting a tract of land claimed as exempt from execution by the provisions of the homestead act. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the petition, and thereupon dismissed it.

The only possible objection to the sufficiency of the allegations is the incorporation into the last note of a…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Gage v. NeblettTexas Supreme Court · 1882
  2. First Nat. Bank, Etc. v. WilliamsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
  3. Bright v. First National BankCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
  4. Kinser v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1876

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