Mix v. Smith

CULLEN, Commissioner.

William Loraine Mix, Executor of the estate of Will White, appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court which dismissed his complaint and thereby refused to set aside a deed executed by Will White on January 16, 1962, in which he conveyed most of his estate to his niece, Mary Belle Smith.

Will White was 78 years of age when he executed the deed. For many years prior to this time he was a professional bondsman in Louisville, and consequently had spent a large amount of his time around the courts. His friends admired him for his business acumen and dignity.

Sometime…