Hedden v. Hedden

MOREMEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Jessie G. Hedden, filed complaint in the Woodford Circuit Court and requested that her rights as surviving widow be declared under the 1956 revision of KRS 392.020 generally known as the dower statute. The court dismissed the complaint apparently on the ground that she failed to state a claim upon which relief might properly be granted.

A. D. Hedden died testate. He was survived by appellant, his widow, and by one son, Sam O. Hedden, the appellee. His will, which was duly probated, left his entire estate to appellee, Sam O. Hedden. The widow was not mentioned…