Strode v. Magowan's heirs
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 1 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM FLEMING CIRCUIT COURT. CITED.— 7 B. Mon., 132 ; Kuhl vs. Knauer. 2 Brock., 256 ; Stigall vs. Stigall. 3 A. K. Mar., 294; Finlay vs. Humble etal. 3 A. K. Mar., 326 ; Birney vs. Huren. 1 Greenleaf s Evidence, sec. 28, note 2. 2 Starkie’s Evidence, 196, part 17, Am. ed., Bastardy. 15 Geo. R., 155; Wright vs. Hides. 6 How. Rep., 550; Patterson vs. Gaines.
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CASE 1 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM FLEMING CIRCUIT COURT. CITED.— 7 B. Mon., 132 ; Kuhl vs. Knauer. 2 Brock., 256 ; Stigall vs. Stigall. 3 A. K. Mar., 294; Finlay vs. Humble etal. 3 A. K. Mar., 326 ; Birney vs. Huren. 1 Greenleaf s Evidence, sec. 28, note 2. 2 Starkie’s Evidence, 196, part 17, Am. ed., Bastardy. 15 Geo. R., 155; Wright vs. Hides. 6 How. Rep., 550; Patterson vs. Gaines. CITED— 7 B. M., 132; Kuhl vs. Knauer. 8 B. M., 612; Remington vs. Lewis. 2 Bibb, 426. 13 B. M., 371; Jones vs. Letcher. 1 Greenleaf on Evidence, 116. 2' Greenleaf on Evidence, sec. 462. 3 Greenleaf on…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion oe the court:
Abram Magowan, of Fleming county, Kentucky, who died in the year 1863, without a surviving descendant, made the following disposition of a residual portion of his estate, of the value of about two hundred thousand dollars, by his will, published in the year 1858 :
“ I, by these presents, declare that I disinherit my nephew, Johnson Strode. He must not have one cent of my estate; and my heirs-at-law will inherit my undivided estate, but he must have none.”
This testamentary document, anomalous as it is, is constructively legatory; but its…
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