Wood v. Goff's curator
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 14 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOGAN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED 1 Marshall, 112, West, &c. v. Sanders. 1 Marshall, 210, Mason and wife v. Baker. 3 Mon.
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Case 14 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOGAN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED 1 Marshall, 112, West, &c. v. Sanders. 1 Marshall, 210, Mason and wife v. Baker. 3 Mon. Ill, Surlott v. Beddow. 16 B. Mon. 529-35, Smead, Collard & Hughes v. Williamson. 10 B. Mon. 82, Hawkins v. Moffitt. 9 B. Mon. 515, Trimble v. Ratcliff. 2 Bush, 75, Lowery v. Fisher, &c. 5 J. J. Marsh. 554, Lyne v. Bank of Kentucky. 1 Dana, 533, Doyle v. Sleeper. 1 Williams on Executors, 186-7. Revised Statutes, chapter 40, section 2. Civil Code, sections 137, 393, 140. 1 Met. 397, Short v. Tinsley. 3 Bush, 402, Whitaker v. Garnet. 1…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered the opinion op the court.
Zachariah Goff, a man of advanced age, unmarried and without descendants, and the owner of an estate partly consisting of three slaves and several small tracts of land, on one of which he resided, on the 29th day of March, 1851, made a conveyance to Michael Gilbert of all his estate of every description, reserving to himself only the use thereof for life; the sole consideration of the conveyance being the service and use of a slave named Sam, owned by Gilbert, for as long thereafter as Goff should live.
Gilbert died about the year 1858, leaving…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Whitaker v. GarnettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1867
3Cited by9 opinions
- Roberts, Johnson & Rand v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Lewis v. BarberCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Daly v. MoranCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Lore v. DierkesThe Superior Court of New York City · 1884
- J. B. Colt Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
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