Shelby v. Harrison
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 21 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Vested real estate of infants can be sold only under the provisions of title 10, chapter 14, Civil Code, and the proceedings must be in conformity thereto. 2. In a suit under subsection 2, of section 490, of the Civil Code, for the sale of the real estate of infants, it must not only be alleged but proved that the property can not be divided without greatly impairing its value. 3. A sale can not be had of the…
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Case 21 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Vested real estate of infants can be sold only under the provisions of title 10, chapter 14, Civil Code, and the proceedings must be in conformity thereto. 2. In a suit under subsection 2, of section 490, of the Civil Code, for the sale of the real estate of infants, it must not only be alleged but proved that the property can not be divided without greatly impairing its value. 3. A sale can not be had of the vested real estate of an infant where the purpose is simply to convert it into money. 4. As the infants were neither…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LEWIS
DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT.
Carter H. Harrison, Jr., and Caroline Harrison .brought this action under subsection 2, section 490, *146Civil Code, for the sale of certain, tracts of land in Henderson county, a vested estate in which they owned jointly with William P. and Sophia Harrison, infants, residing in the State of Hlinois, who,, together with Carter H. Harrison, their guardian, and likewise a resident of that State, were made defendants.
In the answer filed by Carter H. Harrison, he stated, that, answering as the father and statutory guardian of the infant defendants, and…
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