In re Estate of Hurdle

HIGHERS, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Larry J. Pardue, Louis W. Par-due and Ronald P. Pardue, filed a petition in the Chancery Court at Fayette County to determine the heirs of the estate of J.T. Hurdle. The court held that the wills of Ruby and J.T. Hurdle were mutual and irrevocable and that J.T. Hurdle’s estate passed to his heirs at law. The plaintiffs have appealed. The determinative issue is whether the Hurdles’ wills are mutual and irrevocable.

The record on appeal consists primarily of the Chancery Court’s findings of fact and opinion of law. J.T. and Ruby Hurdle were married for approximately 50…