Patton's Exr. v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 99. — ACTION BY T. J. SMITH AGAINST SOPHIA PATTON'S EXECUTOR AND OTHERS TO SUBJECT LAND TO THE PAYMENT OF PLAINTIFF’S DEBT AGAINST HER HUSBAND TO WHICH SHE HELD THE TITLE. — Appeal from Garrard Circuit Court. W. C. Bell, Circuit Judge. Judgment for pmma^. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Carroll —
Affirming.
In this action the appellee, Smith, sought to subject to the payment of a judgment in his favor against appellant B. F. Patton’s land the title to which was in the wife of appellant. The lower court granted the relief sought, and this judgment we are asked on this appeal to reverse.
There is no serious dispute as to the facts. In 1892 appellant and his wife purchased from Robinson a tract of land in Garrard county, Ky., containing 253 acres, for the sum of $10,600. The title was made to the wife, who paid $7,000 of the purchase price in cash with…
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