Allen v. Ramsey's heirs
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 55 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM UNION EQUITY AND CRIMINAL COURT. The facts appear in the opinion of the court. Whether appellant be the legitimate son of Nancy Allen, or a bastard, he is entitled, through his mother, to a share in Ramsey’s estate. {Rev. Stat., sec. 5, p. 280; sec. 18, Act of 1796, 1 Stat. Law, 565; Act of 1840, 3 Stat. Law, 211.) The question of his legitimacy cannot be urged against him when he is claiming property under and through his mother.
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CASE 55 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM UNION EQUITY AND CRIMINAL COURT. The facts appear in the opinion of the court. Whether appellant be the legitimate son of Nancy Allen, or a bastard, he is entitled, through his mother, to a share in Ramsey’s estate. {Rev. Stat., sec. 5, p. 280; sec. 18, Act of 1796, 1 Stat. Law, 565; Act of 1840, 3 Stat. Law, 211.) The question of his legitimacy cannot be urged against him when he is claiming property under and through his mother. He stands relieved from any disability when thus claiming. The appellant, being a bastard, cannot inherit from his mother’s…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE STITES
delivered the ohnion of the court:
Charles Ramsey died in Union county in 1854, seized of a considerable estate in land and slaves, but leaving, neither wife nor children.
This action was brought by the children of his deceased brothers, William and Alexander Ramsey — claiming to be his solé heirs-at-law — for a sale and distribution of his estate.
Pending the action, John Allen, the appellant, came in by petition, and asserted claim to a distributable share of the estate as one of the children of Nancy Allen, deceased, formerly Nancy Ramsey, sister of Charles Ramsey, who, it seems,…
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- Remmington v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1848
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