Anderson v. Layton
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 29 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 1 J. J M., 236; Breckinridge vs. Owsley. 2 Blackstone, 291. 4 Littell, 21; Pyle vs. Craven. 1 Bibb, 552 ; Buler vs. Young. Story's Eq. Juris., sec. 227, ed. 1861. Civil Code, sec. 884.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE WILLIAMS
delivered the opinion of the court:
John Anderson died intestate in the year of 1835, leaving eight children and heirs-at-law, among whom was *88the appellant, then a minor and idiot; at least, if not strictly an idiot according to the common law definition, of so imbecile mind as to be totally void of power to .contract or convey her property.
There descended to these heirs, from the decedent, one hundred and seventy-eight and one quarter acres of land. September 7, 1836, Peyton Anderson, claiming to own three shares, Parker and wife, Nancy Anderson, and Watson Anderson, joined in a…
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