Kelley v. Culver's Admr.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 18 — Action by Jacob Culver's Admr. to .Settle the Estate of His Intestate. appeal from nelson circuit coubt. From a Judgment Subjecting to Creditor’s Claims Certain Lands Sold by the Heirs op Decedent to John S. Kelly. Kelly Appeals. STATEMENT.
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Case 18 — Action by Jacob Culver's Admr. to .Settle the Estate of His Intestate. appeal from nelson circuit coubt. From a Judgment Subjecting to Creditor’s Claims Certain Lands Sold by the Heirs op Decedent to John S. Kelly. Kelly Appeals. STATEMENT. Jacob Culver died intestate In Nelson county, Kentucky, in April, 1896, owning no .personal estate except such as was exempt, and was .set apart .to his surviving widow; but was fha owner in fee of two .adjacent tracts of land, com-prisingi 124 acre?, of an inferior quality, and upon one of which tracts he> was resident at the time of his death.…
1Opinion of the Court
*247Opinion of the court by
JUDGE O’REAR
Reversing.
tfhis suit was begun in 1896 by Jacob Culver’s administrator to settle his estate. There was not enough personalty to pay the debts of the decedent, and his lands were described in the petition with the vie,w to selling enough of them to pay the indebtedness. The heirs at law and certain creditors, including' appellees Bowling & Greenwell, were made defendants, and had actual notice of the pendency and nature of the suit. A reference was had to the master commissioner November 14, 1896, to audit the claims against the estate. On the 29th day of…
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