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An Act for the benefit of the infant heirs of Tabitha Gooch, deceased. 1841 218 (1841)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0380 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1$42 CHAPTER 287. AN ACT for the benefit of the infant heirs of Tabitlha Gooch, deceased. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the heirs of Tabitha Gooch, deceased, that are over twenty one years of age, to join with the guardians of the infant heirs, and pelition the Chancellor, the county of Mason, to sell the land and slaves of the estate of said Tabitha Gooch, deceased; and it shall be the duty of the Chancellor, at the first term, to appoint three discreet householders, of the county of Mason, who shall en- quire into and report if it shall be to the benefit of the said infant heirs to sell the said land and slaves; and if the said Commission- ers shall report that it will be to their advantage, it shall be the duty of the Chancellor, at the first term, to decree a sale of the said land and slaves, by a Commissioner, upon a rea- sonable credit, and direct a conveyance to be made to the purchaser, retaining a lien for the purchase money: Provided, that no sale and division of the proceeds shall be made until the guardians of the infant heirs shall severally enter into bond, with security, conditioned faithfully to keep and pay over to the infants their portions of said sale and interest, up- on said infants arriving at the age of twenty one years. Approved, February 23, 1842. CHAPTER 288. AN ACT for the relief of the widow and heirs of Christopher A. Rudd, deceased. WaREAS, Christopher A. Rudd, deceased, late of Washing- ton county, Kentucky, in his lifetime, sold, by parole, to George W. Worland, of the county and State aforesaid, a small tract or parcel of land, near the town of Springfield, in said county, adjoining the land of - Mullican,- Skidmore, and said Rudd, by metes and bounds, the precise lines and corners of which are or may be ascertained by sur- vey, estimated to contain about nine and one fourth acres, be the same more or less, at a price, per acre, agreed upon by them, and which was to be paid by said Worland, or account- ed for in the settlement of dealings between the parties, and which tract or parcel of land the said Worland took into his possession, under said purchase, and has used as his own since: and, whereas, the said Christopher A. Rudd departed this life, leaving a will whereby his widow and relict, Ann B. Rudd, has a life interest in his estate, and is also left his sole execu- tr1ix, and his estate, after her interest expires, is to go to his children and heirs at law, and without making a deed for said land to said Worland, whereby the legal title thereto descends ultimately to his children and heirs at law, some of whom are infants under the age of twenty one years, and one afeme co- vert. and, whereas, it is for the interest of said widow and chil- 218

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