Moore's Admr. v. Sleet
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 75 — In the Matter oe the Sale of Certain Real Estate by the Admr. of W. A. Moore, Sr., to W. E. Sleet, Mabel C. Moore, Intervened, Claiming Said Estate. APPEAL FROM WOODFORD CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Mabel C. Moore and the Admr. Appeals. The only question in this ease, comes up, upon the construction of the will of Wm.
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Case 75 — In the Matter oe the Sale of Certain Real Estate by the Admr. of W. A. Moore, Sr., to W. E. Sleet, Mabel C. Moore, Intervened, Claiming Said Estate. APPEAL FROM WOODFORD CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Mabel C. Moore and the Admr. Appeals. The only question in this ease, comes up, upon the construction of the will of Wm. A. Moore, deceased, which was probated in 1884. ' We here recite all that part of the will to be construed by the court which is as follows: “To my faithful and beloved wife, Mary J. Moore, I give fifty acres of the fanm on which we now reside, to include the dwelling…
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JUDGE BURNAM
Reversing.
By the terms of the will of W. A. Moore, which was probated in the Woodford county court in the year 1S84, a large estate was devised to his wife, surviving brothers and sisters, and the children of those who had died. Among other bequests, he gave to his wife, Mary J. Moore, 50 acres of land, on which the dwelling house in which he resided was located, with remainder to his nephew and name*604sake, W. A. Moore, Jr., upon certain conditions; and upon this appeal we are asked to construe these sections of the will of decedent which dispose of this 50…
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