Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1883

Byers v. Prewitt

Byers v. Prewitt
Court of Appeals of Kentucky · Decided May 12, 1883 · Iines
12 Ky. Op. 160; 4 Ky. L. Rptr. 991; 1883 Ky. LEXIS 185

Byers v. Prewitt

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge I-Iines :

There are two reasons why the judgment of the court below should be affirmed.

1. The weight of evidence is to the effect that the land sought to be subjected to the debts of the husband was .paid for with money belonging to the wife originally, and which the husband had not reduced to possession.

2. The pleadings and evidence do not show that the property sought to be subjected is of greater value than the homestead interest of the wife and children; and although it be conceded that the land was paid for with money belonging to the husband, yet as the liability was incurred subsequently to the purchase and acquisition of title to the land by the husband the homestead right existed, not*161withstanding the conveyance to the wife may have been fraudulent and void.

James S. Wortham, for appellants. G. W. Stone, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

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