Harris v. Wallace

PALMORE, Judge.

The appellant, Thelma Harris, individually and as executrix of the will of Ida Lee Chandler, brought this action against her two sisters and three brothers for a declaration of rights as to how she should distribute the estate.

The will devised the entire estate of the testatrix to her three daughters, Viola Wallace, Thelma Nell Harris (appellant), and Edith Nobles. After it had been admitted to probate by the McCracken County Court Viola, Edith, and the three brothers entered into a written agreement (hereinafter called the division agreement) to the effect that the shares of…