Tarter v. Medley

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The action was brought by the appellant,. Gertrude Tarter, to quiet her title to real property as the sole heir of her brother,. Kenneth Tarter, who died intestate January 19, 1944. She charged that the defendant* Ruth Medley, was setting up a spurious claim to the property. The judgment appealed is for the defendant on her counterclaim.

The ultimate question is whether the appellee, who, it is admitted, was born when her mother was the wife of another man, is Tarter’s child and entitled to inherit his estate. Under our statutes an illegitimate child (KRS 406.010)…