Caudill v. Caudill

MOREMEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Pike Circuit Court whereby appellee, Linda Caudill, illegitimate daughter of Sam Caudill, deceased, was awarded' a sum equal to one-half of the net value of decedent’s estate. Appellant assigns as grounds for reversal: (a) 'the petition does not state a cause of action; (b) incompetent evidence was permitted to be introduced at the trial; (c) appellant’s motion for a directed verdict should have been sustained and the verdict, was -not supported by the evidence; and (d.) the instructions were erroneous.

‘ In 1944, Sam Caudill was a…