Legal Opinion

Feltman v. Butts

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 12, 1871PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Case 22 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Revised Statutes, section 2, chapter 4, 2 Stanton, 546. Story’s Equity, sections 142, 145. Cooper’s Equity Pleading, 36. 2 Jarman on Wills, pages 13,14. 9 Vesey, 37, 52, 59, Loyd v. Jones. 16 Vesey, 326, Cockburn v. Thompson. 1 Schoales & Lefroy, 407-8, Gifford v. Hort. 1 Equity Abridged, 400, pi. 4, Dayrell v. Ohampress. 6 Simmons’s Reports, 643, Gaskell v. Gaskell. 14 B. Monroe, 450, Turman v. White.

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Case 22 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Revised Statutes, section 2, chapter 4, 2 Stanton, 546. Story’s Equity, sections 142, 145. Cooper’s Equity Pleading, 36. 2 Jarman on Wills, pages 13,14. 9 Vesey, 37, 52, 59, Loyd v. Jones. 16 Vesey, 326, Cockburn v. Thompson. 1 Schoales & Lefroy, 407-8, Gifford v. Hort. 1 Equity Abridged, 400, pi. 4, Dayrell v. Ohampress. 6 Simmons’s Reports, 643, Gaskell v. Gaskell. 14 B. Monroe, 450, Turman v. White. CITED Story’s Equity, page 84 and note; 77, 84 and note. Story’s Equity, section 135a, and sections 136-148. Mitford’s Equity…

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE PETERS

delivered the opinion oe the court.

This suit was brought by appellees against appellant and others to recover a house and lot in the city of Covington, and judgment having been rendered in their favor in the court below, Feltman, a defendant in that court, prosecutes this appeal.

Appellees claim title to the property under the will of Edward Butts and the codicil annexed thereto, which codicil reads as follows: “ I, Edward Butts, of the city of Covington, Ky., do hereby make and publish this codicil to be added *117to my last will and testament, in manner following, to wit: Whereas in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Thompson v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1841
  2. Wilson v. OldhamCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1851

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  2. Mercantile Bank of New York v. Ballard's AssigneeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1885
  3. Johnson v. JacobCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1876
  4. Dyer v. LaneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
  5. Gatto v. GattoCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923

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