Legal Opinion

Power v. Barbee

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 8, 1839PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Chancery. From the Circuit Court 'eor Fayette County.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Robertson

Upon the petition of Jesse Barbee and wife — the former being the guardian and the latter the mother of Juliann Power and John T. Power, infaiU children of Thomas Power, deceased — the Circuit Court of .Fayette decreed the sale of about thirteen acres of land in that county, which had descended to said, infants from their father, *155and in which their mother was entitled to dower. The petition urged a sale on the ground that this land was the only estate of the infants, and that a sale of it, being necessary for their maintenance, would- be highly conducive to their interests; and therefore, the…

2Cited by1 opinion

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