Legal Opinion

Hall v. Wright

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 26, 1910PublishedCited by 14 opinions

CASE 10 — ACTION BY M. H. HALL AND OTHERS AGAINST JOHN W. WRIGHT AND OTHERS. Appeal from Letcher Circuit Court. L. L. Lewis, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Barker—

Reversing.

*73In 1882 Eli Hall conveyed by deed to his son, Joseph Hall, a tract of land in Letcher county, Ky., containing in round numbers 2,000 acres. In this deed the wife of the vendor did not join. In 1885 Eli Hall and his wife conveyed to Joseph Hall and his children in round numbers 1,500 acres of the same land that was embraced in the deed of 1882; it being claimed by appellants that the last deed was a substitute for the first, and made to carry into effect a contract by which the first was rescinded. In 1893 Joseph Hall purchased from the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bodine's Adm'rs v. ArthurCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
  2. Hall v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
  3. Redding v. Vogt.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  4. Rhoades v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Baskett v. SellarsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1892

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Arizona-Parral Mining Co. v. ForbesArizona Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Borgeson v. TubbMontana Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Mason v. CookCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
  4. Ratliffe v. RatliffeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
  5. Siebring Manufacturing Co. v. Carlson Hybrid Corn Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1955

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