Lawrence v. Lawrence

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Reversing.

William A. Lawrence died intestate, a resident of Shelby county in November, 1907. He left surviving him his widow, Agnes Lawrence, his son, Joseph Lawrence and two daughters-, Amy and Annie. He had been married twice; Joseph was the son of the first wife, and the two daughters were the children of the second wife who survived him. He owned at his death a tract of five acres *62of land at Pleasureville, Kentucky, on which he resided. Some years prior to his death, he and his wife had executed a mortgage on this land to his son, Joseph…