Augustus v. Seabolt
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 40 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL PROM LOUISYTLLE CHANCERY COURT. cited 1 Met:Iiy. Rep., 514; 3 Mon., 537; 1 Fannie on Contingent, Remainders, 8; 2 lb., 150, 427; 18 B. Mon., 368; lb., 174; 2 Roper on Legacies, 1463, 1470— 2, 1461, note; 2 Vesey, Sen., 74; 19 Vesey, Jr., 653; lb., 521; Í6 lb., 46; 6 Miinford, 114; 2 B. Mon., 462; 6 lb., 313; 8 lb., 620; 5 Term Rep., 512; 3 Clark 4* Finnelly, 689. cited 55111 vol.
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CASE 40 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL PROM LOUISYTLLE CHANCERY COURT. cited 1 Met:Iiy. Rep., 514; 3 Mon., 537; 1 Fannie on Contingent, Remainders, 8; 2 lb., 150, 427; 18 B. Mon., 368; lb., 174; 2 Roper on Legacies, 1463, 1470— 2, 1461, note; 2 Vesey, Sen., 74; 19 Vesey, Jr., 653; lb., 521; Í6 lb., 46; 6 Miinford, 114; 2 B. Mon., 462; 6 lb., 313; 8 lb., 620; 5 Term Rep., 512; 3 Clark 4* Finnelly, 689. cited 55111 vol. Law Library, Grubb on Real Properly, top page, 642, side page, 976, sec. 2343; 5 Dana, 442, 444, 295; 23 Pick , ¿87; 16 B. Mon., 312; '14 lb., 175, 338, 344.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stites
This controversy arises under the will of Springer Augustus, and depends upon the construction and effect to be given to the following provisions thereof:
“Item — I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Nancy Augustus, the tract of land on which I now reside, with all the improvements of every description, to have and to hold the same during her natural lile. 1 also give and bequeath to my beloved wife my negro man named Humphiey, and a negro woman named Clary, and her incerease, if she should have any, to have and to hold the aforesaid slaves during her natural life, should she remain a…
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