Legal Opinion

Thatcher v. Cannon

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 9, 1869Published

Case 68 — PETITION EQUITY — CITED Story’s Equity Jurisprudence, secs 1257-60, 503. Cross on Liens, side pages 189, 190. Hill on Trustees, side page 92 and note. 22 Penn. 16, Thompson’s Appeal. CITED 2 Johnson, 732, Ray v. Bright. 15 B. Mon. 327, Sweeney v. Smith. 16 B. Mon. 376, Lillard v. Turner. 16 B. Mon. 487, Burch and wife v. Breckinridge. Story’s Equity, secs. 92, 503. Revised Statutes, secs. 10, 11, 16, chap. 23. 8 B. Mon. 416, Taylor v. Taylor.

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Case 68 — PETITION EQUITY — CITED Story’s Equity Jurisprudence, secs 1257-60, 503. Cross on Liens, side pages 189, 190. Hill on Trustees, side page 92 and note. 22 Penn. 16, Thompson’s Appeal. CITED 2 Johnson, 732, Ray v. Bright. 15 B. Mon. 327, Sweeney v. Smith. 16 B. Mon. 376, Lillard v. Turner. 16 B. Mon. 487, Burch and wife v. Breckinridge. Story’s Equity, secs. 92, 503. Revised Statutes, secs. 10, 11, 16, chap. 23. 8 B. Mon. 416, Taylor v. Taylor. Adams’s Equity, side page 268. 3 Met. 261, Samuel v. Salter. 1 Met. 300, Carson v. Carson. Revised Statutes, sec. 1, art. 2, chap. 86; sec.…

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE HARDEST

delivered the oítmion of the court.

Mrs. Ann Cannon died in 1860, leaving a will, by wbicb, after making some specific bequests, she devised the residue of her estate to her five surviving children and the children of her deceased son George T. Cannon, in equal portions, the children of the deceased son taking one share collectively. The residuary personal estate was wrongfully divided between the surviving children of the testatrix alone, excluding the children of Geo. T. Cannon; and afterward, for the purpose of correcting this error, contributary notes were given by the…

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