Legal Opinion
Dyer v. Dyer
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided November 4, 1915PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Union Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Hannah.
Reversing.
John M. Dyer died intestate, domiciled in Union County, the owner of several hundred acres of land therein, and survived by a widow and a number of children. A portion of these lands was allotted to the widow as her dower. This dower allotment comprised 256 acres.
On April 7, 1913, the "West Kentucky Coal Company instituted a proceeding in the Union County Court against Mrs. Dyer and her children and the children of John M. Dyer by a former marriage, to condemn 1.51 acres of this 256 acre dower tract, for railroad purposes. Such proceedings were…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Matter of Petition of CampNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- West Kentucky Coal Co. v. DyerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Diehl v. CottsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
- Alexander's ex'x v. BradleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1868
- Miller v. City of AshevilleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
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3Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. 403.15 Acres of Land, More or LessDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1970