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Williams' administrator v. McClanahan

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 14, 1861PublishedCited by 16 opinions

CASE 8 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL PROM BOURBON CIRCUIT COURT. cited 2 Story’s Equity, section 1195; lb., 1199, 1202, 1195; 2 Paige, 217; 1 Bibb, 611; 4 Ire-dell's Eq.

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CASE 8 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL PROM BOURBON CIRCUIT COURT. cited 2 Story’s Equity, section 1195; lb., 1199, 1202, 1195; 2 Paige, 217; 1 Bibb, 611; 4 Ire-dell's Eq. Rep., 94; Story's Eq., sec. 1228; 2 lb., sec. 1201, note b ; 1 Stat. Law, 739. cited 1 Bibb, 609 ; 3 Lb., 15 ; 4 Kent's Com., 305 ; 6 Dana, 331 ; 2 Paige, 217; Story's Equity. cited 1 Marsh., 46, 47; 1 White dp Tudor's Leading Cases in Equity, 86; Meigs' Digest, vol. 1, 228; 6 Humphreys, 55, 57 ; Roberts on Frauds, 99 ; 3 Bibb, 15 ; 1 John. Chy. Rep., 582; Hill on Trustees, 94; 3 Mon., 538 ; 8 B. Mon., 541; 3 J. J. Mar., 87; 5…

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE PETERS

delivered the opinion of the codrt:

Robert Holloway died intestate in the county of Bourbon in the year 1829, leaving his widow, Benedicta, and a daughter, his only child and heir at law, him surviving.

Shortly after his death, administration upon his estate was granted to his widow and to William Wright. Plolloway, at the time of his death, was’the owner of considerable personal estate and several slaves. In 1830 the widow intermarried with Samuel Williams, and at the November term, 1830, of the Bourbon county court her husband was appointed guardian for Mary Holloway, her infant…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Davis v. TingleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1848

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Folger v. Columbian InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  2. National Bank of Commerce v. HuntingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  3. Rothschild v. KnightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
  4. Taylor v. Harris' AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  5. Biggert v. StraubMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906

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