Smith v. Burnett

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sims

Dismissing petition.

This action originated in this court and by it the plaintiff, Mrs. Patricia R. Smith (formerly Patricia R. O’Brien), seeks a writ of prohibition against Hon.- Gilbert Burnett, Judge Chancery Branch, Second Division, Jefferson Circuit Court, to prevent him from hearing a suit filed by the Louisville Trust Company and the Fidelity & Columbia Trust Company, administrators with the will annexed of the estate of her first husband, John A. O’Brien, to settle his estate.

Mr. O’Brien died on January 1, 1934, and his will devised his large estate to…