Crawford's Heirs v. Thomas
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 52 — Action by Paulina Crawford’s Heirs v. W. J. Thomas, Trustee, and Others to Invalidate Part oe the Will of Paulina Crawford. — Deo. 9, 1899. APPEAL FROM SHELBY CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiffs Appeal. STATEMENT OP CASE. Paulina Crawford died a resident of Shelby county. Her will was admitted to record at the August term, 1889, of the .Shelby county court.
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Case 52 — Action by Paulina Crawford’s Heirs v. W. J. Thomas, Trustee, and Others to Invalidate Part oe the Will of Paulina Crawford. — Deo. 9, 1899. APPEAL FROM SHELBY CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiffs Appeal. STATEMENT OP CASE. Paulina Crawford died a resident of Shelby county. Her will was admitted to record at the August term, 1889, of the .Shelby county court. An appeal was prosecuted to the Shelby circuit court from this judgment of the county court, and the will was finally established by a judgment of the Shelby eiruit. court on the 31st day of March, 1892. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE BU-RNAM,
affirming on original. AND REVERSING ON CROSS APPEAL.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Shelby circuit court. The suit was instituted on the 1st day of May, 1896, by a number of the heirs at law of Paulina Crawford, seeking to invalidate the twelfth and thirteenth clauses of her will, upon the grounds that “they are void for uncertainty,” and that “there are no persons who can come into court *489and say that they are interested in the bequest, and demand the enforcement of the power;” and, in event of their failure to secure this relief, they asked the…
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- Cromie's heirs v. Louisville Orphans' Home SocietyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1867
- Kinney v. Kinney'sCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
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- Kratz v. Slaughter's Exrs.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Gooding v. Watson's TrusteeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
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