Leavel v. Bettis
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 25 — MOTION— APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON COUNTY COURT. CITED— Rev. Stat., sec. 6, art. 1, chapter 43. Rev. Stat., sec. 16, art* 1, chap. 37. CITED— 3 Dana, 600; Isaacs vs. Taylor. Rev. Slat., sec. 11, chap. 43, 1 Slant., 576. Rev. Stat., secs. 6 and 8, art. 2, chap. 43, 1 Slant., 578. CITED— Civil Code, secs. 363, 364. 3 Dana, 600 ; Isaacs vs. Taylor. Rev. Stat., secs. 11 and 12, art. 1, chap. 43,1 Stani., 576.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion op the court:
The appellee, Lizzie Bettis, once the widow of James S. Leavel, deceased, when domiciled in Garrard county, with her infant child, not three years old, was appointed her said son’s guardian by the county court of Garrard. Having afterwards intermarried with her co-appelíant, they, with the ward, removed to and became residents of Jefferson county; shortly after which the appellant, Squire T. Leavel, the father of her first husband, without notice to her or her appearance or consent, induced the county court of Jefferson to appoint him guardian…
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