Turner's Guardian v. King
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 44 — CONTESTED WILL— APPEAL EBOM BELL COURT OE COMMON PLEAS. 1. In impeaching a witness the inquiry should be confined to the yeneral reputation of the witness for morality, it was improper, therefore, to admit testimony as to the reputation of a witness for chastity.
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Case 44 — CONTESTED WILL— APPEAL EBOM BELL COURT OE COMMON PLEAS. 1. In impeaching a witness the inquiry should be confined to the yeneral reputation of the witness for morality, it was improper, therefore, to admit testimony as to the reputation of a witness for chastity. Besides, the impeaching testimony related to the character of the witness sixteen years before the evidence was given, and for that reason also was incompetent. 2. It was improper to permit the appellees to prove that the deceased was involved in a difficulty when the will was made, and that his relations had taken part…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pryor
A paper purporting to be the will of Alvis Turner was admitted to probate in the Bell County Court, and on an appeal to the circuit court the order of probate was sustained.
The testator, at the time of his death, left bis mother and half brother surviving him, also his grandmother and uncles .and aunts. With one or more of his uncles he was not on *255friendly terms, but with his other relatives no feeling of hostility existed.
He left an estate valued at about $20,000, and in the devise made gave to his mother $25; to his half brother, the appellant, $1,000, and the balance of his estate (save…
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