Sheets v. Grubbs'
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 35 — PETITION EQUITY cited Rev. Statutes, chap. “ Wills” sec. 18; 10 B. Mon., 172; 11 B. Mon., 93; 2 Rev. Statutes, chapter “Heirs and Devisees;" 1 Met., 301. cited 2 Met., 466; Roper on Legacies, 69; Jarman on Wills, 51; 9 Dana, 2; 9 B. Mon., 204; 12 lb., 115; 2 Rev. Statutes, page 461.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Duvall
delivebed the opinion of the court: (Judge Peter» ■ did not preside in this case.)
By the sixth clause of the will of Thomas Grubbs, dec’d., he" devised to the children of his sister, Mourning Boone, , an equal *340share, with the balance of his brothers and sisters, of his estate not otherwise disposed of.
Mrs. McClinsey, oneofthe children of Mourning Boone, died before the death of the testator, and, as must be assumed, before the execution of the will, leaving an only child, Mrs. Sheets, the present appellant.
The court below decided, in effect, that none of the children of Mourning Boone, or…
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