Hardin v. Gerard
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 14 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM -WARREN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Story’s Equity Pleadings, secs. 61, 63. Civil Code, secs. 36, 49. 6 Dana, 36. 15 B. Mon. 70. 7 J. J. Marsh. 318. 12 B. Mon. 235. 4 Dana, 336. CITED Tyler on Infancy and Coverture, pp. 393-97, 504, 768. Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, p. 8, art. 2. Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, p. 124. Revised Statutes, 1 Stanton, pp. 281, 282, sec. 20. Civil Code, sec. 49. 4 Metcalfe, 264. 15 B. Mon. 70-73. 14 B. Mon. 247.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE COFER
delivered the opinion oe 'the court.
Being the owner of a tract of land derived by descent from her father, the appellant and her husband attempted, before she attained her majority, to convey it to appellee, in exchange for a tract of land conveyed by him to her.
Becoming dissatisfied with the trade, she brought this suit in her own name, by her next friend, to have the deed to appellee canceled. She alleged that her husband refused to unite with her in the suit, and therefore she made him a defendant, and offered to reconvey to appellee the land conveyed by him to her.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matson v. MatsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1863
3Cited by1 opinion
- Anderson v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1875