Johnson v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE IT — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED— Coke’s Littleton, 42a. Bacon’s Abr., vol. 3, title “Estate for Life,” 188. Rolle’s Abr., 844; Modern Reports, vol. 4, 172. Rolle’s Abr., 845. Cruise’s Digest, vol. 1, 103, s. p., and 99, Greenleaf’s edition. Kent, vol. 4, 26; Coke’s Littleton, 42a.
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CASE IT — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED— Coke’s Littleton, 42a. Bacon’s Abr., vol. 3, title “Estate for Life,” 188. Rolle’s Abr., 844; Modern Reports, vol. 4, 172. Rolle’s Abr., 845. Cruise’s Digest, vol. 1, 103, s. p., and 99, Greenleaf’s edition. Kent, vol. 4, 26; Coke’s Littleton, 42a. Bacon’s Abr., vol. 3, 181. Henry’s History of England, vol. 6, chap. 4, book 3, sec. 1, on the Laws and Sciences of England during the first two centuries after the Conquest. Cruise’s Digest, Greenlcaf’s ed., vol. 1, 97. Sir Henry Spelman on Feuds, C. 1. Yiner’s Abr., vol. 10,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PETERS
delivered the opinion op the court:
There can be no doubt that appellee took, under the will of John I. Jacob, a determinable freehold estate for life, as is clearly shown by the able argument of appellants’ counsel; but by whom the taxes on the property must be paid — whether by the life tenant or by those entitled to the estate in remainder — is a question which *104the statutes regulating the assessment of real estate for taxation for State and city purposes, must solve.
Section 2, article 3, chapter 83, 2 Revised Statutes, page 250, provides, that “ all estate, real and personal,…
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