Horn v. Montgomery

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

McLean Gipson, residing in Jackson County, Kentucky, died intestate on December 24, 1914, leaving surviving him bis widow, Sylvania Gipson, and an infant female child, Laura Bell Gipson, then about one year of age, who is now the appellant, Laura Bell Horn.

McLean Gipson owned a tract of land in Jackson County, containing 25 acres, more or less, lying and being mostly, if not entirely, on a mountain side, a considerable portion of which was cleared and had been in cultivation for. a number of years. The soil was pretty much destroyed by erosion.…