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McCrocklin's Adm'r v. Lee

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided January 20, 1933PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

Mary Lee McCrocklin died January 21, 1930; a paper dated November 18, 1921, was probated as her will; a contest was filed; the contestants were successful; and the administrator with the will annexed has appealed. The paper in question contains some minor bequests, and then provides:

“I give and devise, as a perpetual trust unto the Episcopal Orphan Asylum for Girls, the official title of which is the Protestant Episcopal Orphan Asylum of Louisville, the residue of my estate of every character and wherever situated, the income arising…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Perkins v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  2. Waters v. WatersIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Speer v. SpeerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  4. In re Cline's WillOregon Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Mullins v. MullinsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Bose v. KnutzenNebraska Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Kentucky Trust Co. v. GoreCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
  3. Hall's Adm'r v. Burton Produce Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
  4. Sloan v. SloanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
  5. Herd v. HerdCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943

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