Crafton v. Inge
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 14 — ACTION BY M. L. INGE AND ANOTHER AGAINST P. F. CRAPTON AND OTHERS POR A DIVISION OP THE LANDS OP A DECEDENT BETWEEN HIS HEIRS. Appeal from ITenderson Circuit Court. J. W. Henson, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal. POINTS DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES CITED. 1. Advancements: (Section 1407 Kentucky Statutes; Cleaver & Wife v. Kirk's Heirs, 60th, Ky. P. 270; Clark, &c. v. Clarke, 56th.
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CASE 14 — ACTION BY M. L. INGE AND ANOTHER AGAINST P. F. CRAPTON AND OTHERS POR A DIVISION OP THE LANDS OP A DECEDENT BETWEEN HIS HEIRS. Appeal from ITenderson Circuit Court. J. W. Henson, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal. POINTS DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES CITED. 1. Advancements: (Section 1407 Kentucky Statutes; Cleaver & Wife v. Kirk's Heirs, 60th, Ky. P. 270; Clark, &c. v. Clarke, 56th. Ky., P. 699, &c.) 2. Is a party to a verbal contract with a decedent a competent witness to establish sucl. contract? (Sub-division 2 of Section 606, Civil Codes of Practice.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
John D. Carroll, Commissioner
Reversing.
M. L. Inge and his wife, who was a daughter 'of M. J. Crafton, brought this suit for a division of the lands of Crafton. The widow and the other children in the answer sought to charge Inge and his wife with $1,400, the value of 92 acres of land deeded to them in 1884 by M. J. Crafton, alleging that the same was an advancement to his daughter, Mrs. Inge. The chancellor adjudged that this land was purchased by them from M. J. Crafton, and therefore could not be considered an advancement. The only question to be determined is whether…
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