Petry v. Petry

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming..

In 1897 F. C. Petry who had theretofore been a prosperous business man of Maysville, Kentucky, was, by verdict of- a jury and judgment of the Mason circuit' court, found to be and declared a person of unsound' mind and immediately removed to the College Hill Sanitarium, Cincinnati, Ohio, where two years later he died! *565intestate. At the time of the inquest F. C. Petry owned a house and lot in Maysville, worth $3,500, and bonds, and other securities amounting in value to $48,000. This-property was committed to the custody of A. M. J. Cochran,…