Legal Opinion

Wells v. Salyer

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided March 27, 1970PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REED, Judge.

This action involves two different wills executed by Amanda Salyer. The county court admitted to probate a holographic will of Amanda Salyer dated July 23, 1963. By the terms of this will, the testatrix’s sister, Myrtle Salyer, was the sole beneficiary. A second will prepared by an attorney with proper recitations of acknowledgment and attestation and signed by Amanda Salyer and dated June 17, 1966, was refused probate by the county court on the ground that the testatrix lacked testamentary capacity at the time of its execution. By the terms of the second will the property of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McClure v. WadeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1950
  2. Wolpert v. Louisville Gas & Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1970
  3. Simpson v. SextonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1958

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Slone v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2012
  2. Ambassador College v. CombsKentucky Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Lewis v. LimingCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1978
  4. Hall v. Commonwealth, Department of HighwaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1974
  5. Keyona M. Bingham v. Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2024

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