Staggenborg v. Bailey
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 34 — Proceeding to Probate the Will of Bridget Kelley, Deceased. APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT — A. S. BERRY, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
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Case 34 — Proceeding to Probate the Will of Bridget Kelley, Deceased. APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT — A. S. BERRY, CIRCUIT JUDGE. From an Order Fixing ti-ie Compensation of the Guardian Ad Litem, Anna Staggenborg Appeals. 1. Appellant claims that this court having affirmed the judgment of the Campbell circuit court refusing to probate a paper purporting to be the will of Bridget Kelley, deceased, that court had no jurisdiction to make any order in conflict with the mandate of this court. After the filing of the mandate of this court affirming the judgment of the Campbell circuit court in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Chief Justice BURNAM
Reversing.
By the will of Bridget Kelley, a widow, a small estate was devised in trust for the benefit of her only child, Anna Staggenborg, during ber life, with remainder over to her three infant granddaughters, children of Anna Staggenborg. The will was probated by order of the Campbell county court. Anna Staggenborg prosecuted an appeal therefrom to the Campbell circuit court. Upon her motion, S. Ü. Bailey, an attorney, was appointed guardian ad litem for the infant *304defendants, in the absence of a statutory guardian. A trial before a jury resulted…
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