Legal Opinion
McDonald v. Baker
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided February 13, 1925PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Clarke
Affirming.
During 1916, and at the beginning of the oil excitement in Lee county, Kentucky, Doctors G. S. McDonald, L. F. Gibson and C. E. Baker, who resided in the village of Heidelberg, in that county, jointly acquired leases on twenty or more tracts of land. Dr. Baker was a notary public and took the acknowledgments to several of these leases, and in such cases the leases were taken in the name of his wife and the other two doctors, but that Dr. Baker and not his wife was the real party in interest in all of these leases is not disputed.
In May, 1917, Dr.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Culton v. AsherCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
- McDowell v. Edwards' AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Hoeb v. MaschinotCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
- Baker v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Watson v. WatsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Dwiggins v. HowardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Richardson's Administrator v. MorganCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Leming v. Farmers' National BankCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930