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1 Ky. Op. 304

Patton v. Harrison

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 19, 1866

Court of Appeals of Kentucky · decided 1866-09-19

<p>life Estate — Vendible interest.</p> <p>The remainder after a life estate is a vendible interest, however remote and contingent.</p>

Decided 1866-09-19

¶1Opinion op ti-ie Court by

Judge Robertson:

¶2John P. Patton’s remainder after the life estate of his mother, however remote and contingent his right of enjoyment, was cer*305tainly a vendible interest, and his ostensible sale and assignment of it in the year 1838, to his brother, the appellant, if actual and bona fide, passed all his title to it.

¶3But the facts conduce irresistibly to the conclusion that the assignment was merely colorable and but recently made for the purpose of protecting that interest from the assignor’s creditors, and should, therefore, be treated as void so far as they are concerned.

¶4And, as the Circuit Court so adjudged, this court approves and affirms that judgment.

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