47 S.W. 195 (Ky.App. 1898), Mitchell v. Violett

Citation: 47 S.W. 195, 104 Ky. 77

Opinion Judge: PAYNTER, J.

Party Name: MITCHELL v. VIOLETT. [1]

Attorney: John W. Ray and J. D. White, for appellant. Z. W. Bugg & Son, for appellee.

Judge Panel: marriage was born alive, the husband had the right to hold the wife's land during his life, although the wife died without leaving issue. 2 Bl. Comm. 126. This is such a familiar principle, it is unnecessary to call attention to numerous decisions of courts announcing it as a common-law doctrine....

Case Date: Saturday June 04, 1898

Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals