Reynolds v. Thompson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

— Reversing.

The pufpose of this appeal is to finally determine whether the appellee, James Thompson, is the owner of -a mortgage note executed by Dunn, for $500.00, which he claims as a gift from the appellant, Francis Reynolds.

The appellant, Francis Reynolds, is now more than 89 years of age. He had spent most of his life in Harrison county, Kentucky; but some time previous to October, 1907, he removed to Dayton, Ohio, where he became an inmate of the Soldiers’ Military Home.

R. E. • Smith, a successful merchant of Harrison county, Kentucky, was the friend…