Trevathan's v. Dees' Executors

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming in part and reversing in part.

This action involves the settlement of the estate of S. IT. Dees, who died in Calloway county on the 16th day of April, 1923. He left no children or lineal descendants surviving him. His wife had died some 3 or 4 years prior to his death. By his will executed in October, 1922, he made a number of specific bequests, aggregating about $32,000, among which was a legacy of $6,000 to be paid to his niece, Mrs. Ella Cortelyou, and another of $5,000, payable to his sister, Alice E. Trevathan, at the rate of $25 per month,…