Pritchard v. Harvey

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

Robert Pritchard died on March 24, 1936, at the age of 65 years and a resident of Island City, a village in Owsley county, Ky. For many years he had conducted a retail store in that place and at the time of his death he had accumulated property, both real and personal, the aggregate value of which was, perhaps, between $25,000 and $30,000. He was married four times, the last wife being the appellant, Laura Pritchard, whom he married in 1920. He had no children as a result of either marriage, except a daughter, the appellant Elsie Pritchard, a child…