Hunt v. Hunt
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 7 — Action by John Hunt against F. M. Hunt for Construction of a Deed. appeal from pike circuit court-A. J. KIRK, CIRCUIT judge.
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Case 7 — Action by John Hunt against F. M. Hunt for Construction of a Deed. appeal from pike circuit court-A. J. KIRK, CIRCUIT judge. From a Judgment Dismissing, Plaintiff's Petition, He Appeals — (No brief in the record for appellant.) 1. This is a case where a father made a deed to his son, reserving to himself a life estate, and now since a second marriage desires to have the deed construed to be a will. 2. We would not contend that parole evidence would be competent between appellee and the grantor’s heirs or devisees, but we do insist it - is competent in a suit between the grantor and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE HOBSON,
Affirming.
On October 11, 1901, John Hunt and' wife, S. E. Hunt, signed and acknowledged a deed to their son, F. M. Hunt, for their home place, on which they resided. The deed was duly *40recorded, and after this the mother, R. E. Hunt, died, and the father married a second time: The son and his. family then moved out of the home place to a tract of land which the son ‘had bought, and the father and his second wife remained on the home place. The father was selling the timber off the place, and the son set up claim to the timber. The father then brought this…
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