Legal Opinion
First National Bank of Mayfield v. Gardner
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided December 18, 1959PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
This matter is before us on a motion to dismiss the appeals.
The will of Ed Gardner, deceased, leaving practically all of his estate to the Annie Gardner Foundation, was admitted to probate in the Graves County Court. Thereafter Bunk Gardner, Sr., brother and legal heir of the decedent, brought a proceeding in the Graves Circuit Court to contest the will. The executor and the principal beneficiary pleaded in defense a release theretofore executed by the contestant, in which he had agreed to accept the terms of the will as probated. The contestant filed a reply asserting…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Toppass v. Perkins' AdministratrixCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
- United States Plywood Corp. v. Hudson Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- First National Bank of Mayfield v. StahrCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1959
- Payton v. PaytonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1956
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Annie Gardner Foundation v. GardnerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1963
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