Struss v. Fidelity & Columbia Trust Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Chancery Branch, First Division).
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
Affirming.
Henry C. Hess, a bachelor, had two sisters,' Catherine Struss and Elizabeth Schoeffel, and several nieces and nephews. In 1908 he made his last will, which, after, his death in 1914, was- probated in the Jefferson county court.
In his will, after making several bequests to certain named nieces and nephews, as well as grandnephews, and after giving each of his two sisters certain real estate described in the will, he provided in clause eight that, “All of the rest and residue of my estate, both real and personal, I give, devise and bequeath to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Moore's Admr. v. SleetCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
- Buschemeyer v. KleinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
- Dockery's Executors v. DockeryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Aulick v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1877
- Melton v. SellarsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
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- Lally v. Lally's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
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