Legal Opinion

McElwain v. Smith

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 16, 1915PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Warren Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

William F. McElwain died m April, 1910, leaving a last will and testament,' which had been executed by him in October, 1909. The testator left surviving him a widow and one child, Charles F. McElwain. At the time of his death the testator was the owner of considerable personal estate and two farms in Warren County, one known as the home place and consisting of 340 acres, and the other known as the Smith place and consisting of about 322 acres. The testator devised the home place to his wife for life, with the remainder to his…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Stone v. CookSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
  2. Kasey v. Fidelity Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
  3. Gore v. StevensCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1833
  4. Canepa v. Mississippi River & Bonne Terre Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1908
  5. McElwain v. McElwain's GuardianCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Erdman v. Louisville Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923

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