Case Name: Silas Thomas v. T. H. Miles, Ex'r
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1874-01-21
Citations: 7 Ky. Op. 458
Docket Number: 
Parties: Silas Thomas v. T. H. Miles, Ex'r.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 7
Pages: 458–458

Head Matter:
Silas Thomas v. T. H. Miles, Ex'r.
Descent and Distribution — Loan by Father to Son.
Money procured by a son from his father held to be a loan and not an advancement, and that an action therefor was barred by limitation.
APPEAL PROM NELSON CIRCUIT COURT.
January 21, 1874.
Muir & Wickliffe, for appellant.
Girgsly, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Lindsay:
We concur with the circuit judge that the $1,000 advanced to appellant by his father in 1864, was not an advancement, but a loan. From the day the money was passed by the deceased to appellant, the relation of debtor and creditor existed, and limitation began to run.
The statutory bar had become complete before the institution of the action. The plea of limitation should therefore have been treated as a bar to a recovery, and the petition dismissed.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded for a judgment conformable to this opinion.