Phillips v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 96 — Action by U. K. Williams against W. T. Phillips, to Recover Interest in a House and Lot, in which D. C. Steele, Guardian for Willie Williams, Intervened. APPEAL PROM PIKE CIRCUIT COURT — A. J. KIRK, CIRCUIT JUDGE. Prom the Judgment, Phillips and others Appeal.
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Case 96 — Action by U. K. Williams against W. T. Phillips, to Recover Interest in a House and Lot, in which D. C. Steele, Guardian for Willie Williams, Intervened. APPEAL PROM PIKE CIRCUIT COURT — A. J. KIRK, CIRCUIT JUDGE. Prom the Judgment, Phillips and others Appeal. PROPOSITIONS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Appellants having purchased the life estate of the widow are entitled to occupy the house and lot free of rent until dower has been assigned. 2. The occupancy of the house and lot by the widow was not such as would, as a matter of law, be an election to. take homestead instead of dower therein.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE NUNN
Reversing.
It appears that one William Williams died a few years-since, leaving surviving him a second wife, Harriet Williams, an infant son by her, the appellee, and four children by a former marriage, all of whom were over the age of, twenty-one years at the time of his death. He was the owner, at his death, of a house and lot in the town of Pikeville,. upon which he was residing at the time. His widow and infant child remained in the possession of this- property for a year or two, when she sold her interest to appellant for-the price of $150, and left the…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Anderson's Committee v. Anderson's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1914
- Phillips v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908