Hughes v. Saffell
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 25. — SUIT BY JAMES M. SAFFELL, AS GUARDIAN, AND ANOTHER AGAINST JAMES M. SAFFELL, JR., AND OTHERS FOR THE SALE OF THE INFANT DEFENDANTS’ LAND — Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court.
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CASE 25. — SUIT BY JAMES M. SAFFELL, AS GUARDIAN, AND ANOTHER AGAINST JAMES M. SAFFELL, JR., AND OTHERS FOR THE SALE OF THE INFANT DEFENDANTS’ LAND — Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. Sale of land set aside and.purchaser, Hughes, appeals. — We think we iaire warranted in concluding: 1. That these infants having enjoyed the proceeds of their land in carrying out the very purpose flor which the action was instituted, cannot now be heard to say in -a court of equity that the sale through which they obtained that result was a nullity; and certainly not without restoring what they hadi actually…
1Opinion of the Court
*178Opinion op the court by
Judge Hobson
— Affirming-
On March 4, 1880, James M. Saffell executed to his wife, Martha F. Saffell, the following deed: “This indenture made and entered into this 4th day of March, A. D. 1880, between James M. Saffell, of the first part, and Martha F. Saffell, his wife, of the second part, both of the county of Franklin and state of Kentucky, witnesseth: That whereas, the party of the first part has heretofore received six thousand and nine dollars ($6,009) from Lewis A. Berry, Sr., father of the party of the second part as a gift to her, now this indenture witnesseth:…
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