Skidmore v. Cumberland Valley Land Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 69. — ACTION BY WILLIE SKIDMORE AND OTHERS AGAINST THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY LAND CO. AND OTHERS, INVOLVING INFANTS’ INTEREST IN LAND. — Appeal from Harlan Circuit Court. M. J. Moss, Circuit Judge. From a compromise judgment the guardian ad litem of the infants appeal — We contend that section 2030 of the Kentucky Statutes repeals the power given in the General Statutes, to convey the' land of their wards by compromise, if indeed that power ever existed. AUTHORITIES CITED.
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CASE 69. — ACTION BY WILLIE SKIDMORE AND OTHERS AGAINST THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY LAND CO. AND OTHERS, INVOLVING INFANTS’ INTEREST IN LAND. — Appeal from Harlan Circuit Court. M. J. Moss, Circuit Judge. From a compromise judgment the guardian ad litem of the infants appeal — We contend that section 2030 of the Kentucky Statutes repeals the power given in the General Statutes, to convey the' land of their wards by compromise, if indeed that power ever existed. AUTHORITIES CITED. Civil Code, sections 489, 490 and 491; Ky. Stats., sections 2034 and 2039; Walker v. Smyser, 80 Ky., 620; Henning v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Barker
Affirming.
There was pending in the Harlan circuit court a suit between Mlary Jane Skidmore and the Cumberland Valley Land Company, in which was involved, among other things, the validity of the former’s claim to own an undivided interest in a tract of 600 acres of land in Harlan county, Ky. There were *578other issues in the case, such as claims of damages for trespass in cutting trees, etc., hut the main issue, so far as the case in hand is concerned, was her claim to be the owner of an undivided interest in the land. There can be no question that the…
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