Barnes' Adm'r v. Brashear
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Chancery. Case 126. Appeal from the Breckinridge Circuit.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Robertson
delivered tbs Opinion of the Court.
Samuel C. Barnes, a citizen of Kentucky, domiciled in Breckinridge county, died in May, 1839, in the State of Mississippi, whither he had gone on a trading and collecting expedition. The most of his personal estate remained in Kentucky when he died; but he had with him at his death a promissory note for about $900, on a citizen of Kentucky and two citizens of Indiana, and *381some other articles of personalty which he carried with him.
Decree of the Circuit Court. A testamentary-disposition of movable property must, to be valid any where, be made according to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carmichal v. ElmendorfCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1817