Legal Opinion

Bedford v. Hamilton

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 25, 1913PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from Bourbon Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Turner

Affirming in Part and Reversing in Part.

These appeals involve the right to the custody of the infant appellant, Cary Holton Hamilton, and other questions affecting his welfare.

*431He was born in Bracken County, Kentucky, in March, 1903, the son of H. H. Hamilton and his wife; when he was about two years old his mother died, and the father having no way to care for an infant of his tender years, and being a shiftless and dissipated man, entered into a contract in October, 1905, with the Christian Church Widows and Orphans Home of Kentucky, whereby he relinquished…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Green v. CampbellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Stapleton v. PoynterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
  3. Broadwell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Cummins v. BirdCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
  2. Villier v. Watson's AdministratrixCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  3. Skaggs v. GannonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
  4. Thompson v. ChildersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
  5. Johnson v. CookCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938

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