Legal Opinion
White v. Ponder
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided May 3, 1918PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Powell Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Miller
Affirming.
The will of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Chenanlt, made in 1895, contained this clause.
“Third: I bequeath to Thomas Ponder a boy staying with me, five hundred dollars, and desire also that he should be given a good English education; but in case he should leave me or my husband against our consent this bequest is to be void.”
By another provision of the will the testatrix devised and bequeathed all of her remaining real and personal estate in trust for her husband, Joel Chenanlt, during his life. Joel Chenanlt having died, Mrs. Chenanlt added a codicil to her…
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