Fugate v. Johnson

Opinion of the Court by

William; Rogers Clay, Commissioner

— Reversing.

William Johnson died intestate on January 8, 1890, the owner of a tract of land in Knott County on the waters of Troublesome Creek. His widow, Nancy, and his son, Leslie, then an infant four months old, survived him. Decedent was also survived by his father, Leslie Johnson, Sr., his mother, Frances, and his sister, Kate Sarver.

During the year 1891, Leslie Johnson, Sr., and Frances Johnson, father and mother of William Johnson, brought suit in the Knott Circuit court against William Johnson’s widow and child to enforce an…