Rudd v. Woolfolk
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 69 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED— ' Act of January 17, 1854, secs. 2, 3, 2 Stanton, 534. Revised Statutes, article 13, chapter 27, 1 Stanton, 323. 1 Bush, 177 ; Tomppert vs. Lithgow. 3 Greenleaf, sec. 470. 2 Dana, 270 ; Coger vs. Coger. 2 Met., 340; Slone vs Slone.
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CASE 69 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED— ' Act of January 17, 1854, secs. 2, 3, 2 Stanton, 534. Revised Statutes, article 13, chapter 27, 1 Stanton, 323. 1 Bush, 177 ; Tomppert vs. Lithgow. 3 Greenleaf, sec. 470. 2 Dana, 270 ; Coger vs. Coger. 2 Met., 340; Slone vs Slone. Constitution of Kentucky, secs. 24, 28, 40, article 4. Civil Code, secs. 777, 55; 37, 56, 81, 465. 4 B. Mon., 235; Harcourt vs. Rodman. 8 Dana, 43 ; Claget vs. Blanchard. 9 Dana, 395; Bank of U. S. vs. Cochran. 12 B. Mon., 595; Madeira's heirs vs. Hopkins 2 Bush 135; Jackson vs. McElroy. MSS.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Williams
Appellants having purchased a large and valuable real estate in Louisville, sold by order of a special chancellor elected for the purpose, because the regular chancellor could not sit, and many of the preparatory orders also being made by a special chancellor, refused to pay their sale bonds, and on a rule for them to show cause why the payments were not made, they responded, alleging a want of title because of want of power in the special chancellor to order a judicial sale, and because of other alleged errors and irregularities affecting its validity— some of the defendants who held the…
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