Williams v. Duncan
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 24 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE LAW AND EQUITY COURT. 1. The word “ children ” as used by the testator in the sixth and seventh clauses of his will was intended as a synonym for the word “heirs.” (Tyler v. Tyler, 5 Ky.
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Case 24 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE LAW AND EQUITY COURT. 1. The word “ children ” as used by the testator in the sixth and seventh clauses of his will was intended as a synonym for the word “heirs.” (Tyler v. Tyler, 5 Ky. Law Kep., 936; Harper v. Wilson, 2 Mar., 466; Turner v. Patterson, 5 Dana, 295; Williamson v. Williamson, 18 B. M., 376; Sheets v. Grubbs, 4 Met., 341; Hopson v. Shipp, 7 Bush, 644; Lochland v. Downing, 11 B. M., 34; Hughes v. Hughes, 12 B. M., 121; Johnson v. Johnson, 2 Met., 33-5; Churchill v. Churchill, 2 Met., 469; Dunlop v. Shreve, 2 Duv., 334; Feltman v.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LEWIS
DELIVERED THE OPINION OE THE COURT.
In 1883, appellants, five of them sons of D. M. Williams, Sr., and two sons of Oscar and Frances M. Finley, all being then infants, brought an action by their guardians, D. M. Williams, Sr., and Oscar Finley, against Levi Tyler and Mary E. Tyler for a sale and division, under section 490, Civil Code, of a lot of land devised by the 6th clause of the will of their grandfather, William 0. Williams, as follows: “ The remainder of my property on Fifth street, between Main street and the river, in the city of Louisville, I give and devise to my…
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