Purnell v. Culbertson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 34t-PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM MASON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED General Statutes, art. 3, sec. 1, chap. 81. General Statutes, sec. 2, chap. 31. Bac. Abr., 6th Eng. ed., title Legacies, 348, Thomas v. Hole. 3 Browne’s Ch. Rep. 64, Phillips v. Garth. 3 Browne’s Ch. Rep. 367, Butler v. Stratton. 2 Williams on Executors, 929, note O, Troubat’s ed. 2 P. Williams, 383, Bladder v. Webb. 3 Beavan, 641, Dowding v. Smith. 2 Jarman on Wills, 80, 2d Amer. ed. 2 Harr.
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Case 34t-PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM MASON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED General Statutes, art. 3, sec. 1, chap. 81. General Statutes, sec. 2, chap. 31. Bac. Abr., 6th Eng. ed., title Legacies, 348, Thomas v. Hole. 3 Browne’s Ch. Rep. 64, Phillips v. Garth. 3 Browne’s Ch. Rep. 367, Butler v. Stratton. 2 Williams on Executors, 929, note O, Troubat’s ed. 2 P. Williams, 383, Bladder v. Webb. 3 Beavan, 641, Dowding v. Smith. 2 Jarman on Wills, 80, 2d Amer. ed. 2 Harr. (Del.) 103, Kean v. Roe. 1 Sandf. Ch. Rep. (N. Y.) 357, Bunner v. Storm. 3 Grant’s (Pa.) Cases, 210, Bender’s app. 9 Rich. (S. C.) Eq. 459,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ELLIOTT
delivered the opinion oe the court.
The only question presented for revision by this appeal is the proper construction of the following clause of the will of Melton Culbertson, deceased. After a devise of all his realty and a bequest of all his personalty to his wife during her life, he inserts the following clause: “At her death I wish the real estate and such of the personal property as my wife may not have disposed of divided equally between my nephew Julius Culbertson, of this county, Mattie Ervine, Etene Case, and the children (two) of Thomas D. Purnell, nieces and nephew of…
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