Case Name: Shadrack Casey and Wife v. W. L. Pence
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1880-09-09
Citations: 10 Ky. Op. 689
Docket Number: 
Parties: Shadrack Casey and Wife v. W. L. Pence.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 10
Pages: 689–689

Head Matter:
Shadrack Casey and Wife v. W. L. Pence.
[Abstract Kentucky Law Reporter, Yol. 1 — 278.]
Conveyance in Satisfaction of Legacy.
• Whether a conveyance is made in satisfaction of a legacy must be determined from all the facts and circumstances surrounding the action; and where a pleading denies that it was the intention of the testator to satisfy the legacy by the conveyance the issue is formed and should be tried.
APPEAL PROM SHELBY CIRCUIT COURT.
L. A. Weakly, for appellants.
Caldwell & Harwood, for appellee.
September 9, 1880.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Hines :
Whether the conveyance to appellants and the children was intended as a satisfaction or ademption of the legacy is to be determined from all the facts and circumstances surrounding the action. On the facts as they appear in this record we would not hesitate to say that the conveyance was intended as a satisfaction, or to be in lieu of the bequest; but what other evidence appellant might be able to produce to show that such was not the intention of the testator we are unable to determine, and as the reply denies that it was the intention of the testator to thus take away the bequest, and issue was formed upon that point, that should have gone to trial. Duncan's Trustee v. Clay, 13 Bush 48.
The court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the reply, and for that reason the judgment is reversed and cause remanded for further proceedings.