Griffith v. Burton
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 16 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED— 4 Met., 238 ; Radford vs. Chamberlin. 1 Duvall, 75; Bacon vs. McDowell. Act of August 23, 1862; Myers' Sup., 426..
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CASE 16 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED— 4 Met., 238 ; Radford vs. Chamberlin. 1 Duvall, 75; Bacon vs. McDowell. Act of August 23, 1862; Myers' Sup., 426.. Revised Statutes, chapter 86. CITED— Civil Code, sec. 90. Rev. Stat., 2 Stanton, 312-14; Acts of 1854 and 1858. 4 Met., 238; 1 Duvall, 75. 1 Duvall, 349; Thornton vs. McGrath. 1 Bush, 607; Pettit’s adm’r vs. Johnson. 2 Bush, 441; Cromwell, SfC., vs. Mason’s heirs, SfC. 3 Bush, 484; Paul vs. Paul and wife.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE Robertson
delivered the opinion op the court:
The appellant, Thomas J. Griffith, refusing to comply with the terms'of a decretal sale of a house and lot in the city of Louisville, held in trust for a married woman, was, on a rule to show cause, required to execute the contract; and doubting the validity of the decree for sale, he appeals to this court for a ’judgment assuring a safe title or exonerating him from liability.
The lot, when unimproved, was, in 1847, bought by Willaim Burton, and conveyed to a trustee for the use of his wife, Mary Ann Burton, and their son George, during her…
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