Ward v. Curry's Ex'r

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

On February 7, 1936, the late Mrs. Zeletta Gr. Curry, an elderly widow of Harrodsburg, executed her will, prepared by a lawyer, clear and specific. Four days later she wrote a holographic codicil. She died May 26, 1943, leaving personal property, appraised at about $66,000, and real estate worth about $6,500. the codicil creates confusion.

The first three items in the will direct the payment of debts and funeral expenses, the erection of a monument and a bequest for the care of a cemetery lot in Cincinnati.

The fourth and fifth provisions of…