Ramsey v. Howard

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

This is a contest of the will of Henry Howard, late of Bell County. The dismissal of an abortive appeal from a defective order of probate was affirmed in Howard v. Howard, 268 Ky. 552, 105 S. W. (2d) 630. The county court cured the defect by a nunc pro tunc order and this contest followed. The probated instrument devised all the estate to testator’s widow, Emma Howard, and his brother, Noah Howard, equally. The decedent’s heirs are several brothers and sisters and many nieces and nephews. The contest was filed against the devisees and…