Mayes v. Karn
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 31 — Action by Virginia Mayes against J. B. Karn and Others for a Construction of the Will of John F.„ Fuqua, Deceased, ■Her Former Husband. APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. From the- Judgment Rendered Plaintiff Appeals.
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Case 31 — Action by Virginia Mayes against J. B. Karn and Others for a Construction of the Will of John F.„ Fuqua, Deceased, ■Her Former Husband. APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. From the- Judgment Rendered Plaintiff Appeals. The purpose of this suit is to obtain a construction of the will of John P. Fuqua, deceased, former husband of appellant, .who died in 1864, leaving one child, a daughter, who married appellee, J. B. Karn and has since died leaving one child, a daughter, the appellee, Mrs. Eva L. Hardwick. At the date of the death of testator, his daughter, Mrs. Karn, was a minor and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE NUNN
Reversing.
On the 15th day of August, 1900, Virginia Mayes, the appellant, filed this suit in the Daviess circuit court against appellees, Eva L. Hardwick and J. B. Karn, to obtain a construction of the will of John P. Fuqua, the former husband of appellant. John P. Fuqua died in 1864. He left surviving him his widow, the appellant, and only one child, Sallie Lee Fuqua, who intermarried with appellee, J. B. Karn, and afterwards died and left one child, appellee Eva L. Hardwick, the wife of H. S. Hardwick. The following is the will of John P. Fuqua;
“In the name…
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