Morton v. Ragan & Dickey
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 11 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM BALLARD CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 6 Dana, 185; Daniel, dye., vs. Clay, aye. 17 B. Mon., 541; Taylor vs. Smith. 8 Dana, 247 , 254, 265; Vernon, dye., vs. Morton, fyc. 4 B. Mon., 299; Pearson Sy Anderson vs. Rockhill Sy Co. 4 B. Mon., 429; Bank of U. >S', vs. Huth. 3 B. Mon., 557 ; Ford vs. Williams. 1 Met., 404; Short vs. Tinsley, Syc. 1 Duvall, 29; Robbins vs. Oldham. 2 Duvall, 87; Cummings vs. Griggs, SfC.
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CASE 11 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM BALLARD CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 6 Dana, 185; Daniel, dye., vs. Clay, aye. 17 B. Mon., 541; Taylor vs. Smith. 8 Dana, 247 , 254, 265; Vernon, dye., vs. Morton, fyc. 4 B. Mon., 299; Pearson Sy Anderson vs. Rockhill Sy Co. 4 B. Mon., 429; Bank of U. >S', vs. Huth. 3 B. Mon., 557 ; Ford vs. Williams. 1 Met., 404; Short vs. Tinsley, Syc. 1 Duvall, 29; Robbins vs. Oldham. 2 Duvall, 87; Cummings vs. Griggs, SfC. Civil Code, sec. 221, subdiv. 7. Myers’ Code, note e,page 448.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered tiie opinion or tiie court:
The principle is well settled as applicable to private sales of movable property, that the possession must accompany the title, or the sale will be per se fraudulent and void in law as to subsequent purchasers and creditors of the vendor, even though the contract contains a stipulation that the seller is to retain the possession until a future day. (Brummel vs. Stockton, 3 Dana, 135; Robbins vs. Oldham, 1 Duvall, 28.)
But the rule has been held not to extend to property which is not susceptible of delivery, as a growing crop, which could not,…
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