Koenig v. Kraft
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 17 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. The opinion of this court in Kraft’s Guardian v. Koenig, &c., decided March 81, 1887, determines the construction of the will — giving the widow a life estate with remainder to the child. The construction placed on the will in Kraft’s Guardian v. Koenig, &c., is contrary to the previous rulings of this court. (Prather v. Smith, 8 Bush, 82.)
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pryor
This case is here for the construction of the will of Win. Ch. Kraft, deceased. He died in January, 1866, leaving his widow surviving him and an infant daughter, Emma, who at his death was four years of age. His widow subsequently married, and had children by her second husband, and is now dead. This controversy is between the child of the devisor and the children of the same mother by her second husband. It is claimed by the appellees, the children by the second marriage, that their mother, under the will of her -first husband, acquired a joint interest with the appellant, Mrs. Koenig, her…
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