Marksbury v. Taylor
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 15—PETITION EQUITY— APPEAL PROM BOYLE CIRCUIT COURT. cited MS. Op., Supreme Court of Tennessee, December Term, 1873, Nancy Ann Bivins, &c. v. Needham Jarnagan, &c. Law Reg., 1862, Dean and wife v. Negley.
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Case 15—PETITION EQUITY— APPEAL PROM BOYLE CIRCUIT COURT. cited MS. Op., Supreme Court of Tennessee, December Term, 1873, Nancy Ann Bivins, &c. v. Needham Jarnagan, &c. Law Reg., 1862, Dean and wife v. Negley. Chitty on Contracts, page 215. Revised Statutes, 1 Stanton, 267. 3 Mon. 44, Winebrenner v. Weisiger. 1 Parsons on Contracts, pages 435, 436. 2 Met. 164, Collins v. Merrell. 1 Story’s Equity, section 190. 1 Maddock’s Chancery, 228. 3 Bibb, 498, Brown’s adm’r v. Langford. 8 B. Mon. 98. 9 B. Mon. 90. 7 B. Mon. 195. 5 Mon. 508. CITED 3 Ga. 176, Howell v. Fountain. 6 La. Ann. 317, Denton v.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE COFER
delivered the opinion oe the court.
George N. Smith, a husband and father, was the owner of two lots and improvements thereon, situated in Danville, each of the value of twelve or thirteen hundred dollars, and besides these he appears to have had but little estate of any kind. It seems that prior to 1862 Smith had become involved in an improper intimacy with a Mrs. Taylor, who with her husband resided in Danville. In March, 1864, Smith and his wife conveyed one of the lots to Manwarring for the recited consideration of twelve hundred dollars, and on the second day thereafter…
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