Castleman v. Eastin's Executors
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Chancery Branch, Second Division).
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion- op the Court by
William Rogers Clay, Commissioner
Affirming.
The question on-this appeal is, whether Lewis Gf. Castleman, residuary legatee of his aunt, Fannie Castleman Eastin, is entitled to a fund of $25,000.00, which Mrs. Eastin devised to Cave Hill Cemetery, for the erection of a mortuary chapel, but which the cemetery company refused to accept.
The controversy arises out of the following facts: In a suit by Mrs. Eastin’s executor to settle her estate the chancellor fixed a certain location for the chapel. On appeal to .this court, a different location was fixed. Carroll v. Cave…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carroll v. Cave Hill Cemetery Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
3Cited by3 opinions
- Moore v. Lincoln Hospital Ass'n of LincolnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
- Hodges' Adm'r (Moss) v. HodgesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
- Settle v. VercampCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1972