Rone v. Blankenship

LEIBSON, Justice.

Alice C. Harris, a resident of Graves County, Kentucky, died on November 4, 1981. She left an estate worth more than $800,000. Her only heirs at law were two nieces and two nephews. On November 20, 1981, one of the nephews, Glynn Blankenship, filed an affidavit that Ms. Harris died intestate and the court appointed him administrator of her estate.

Later, on November 25, 1981, Wendell C. Rone, Sr., filed a photocopy of a December 11, 1975 will by Ms. Harris for probate in the Graves District Court. Mr. Rone was executor under that will and Ms. Harris had given him the photocopy…