Trustees Church Home v. Morris
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 55 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION. 1. The renunciation of the will by the widow had the effect 'to precipitate the maturity of the legacies. (Peynado' v. Peynado, 82 Ky., 5; Wood v. Wood, 1 Met., 512; Curling v. Curling, 8 Dana, 38; Revised Statutes, chapter on Wills, p. 696; Gen. Stats., chap. 50, Art. 2, Sec. 2; Timberlake v. Parrish, 5 Dana, 345; Story’s Eq. Jurisprudence secs. 1082, 3-4; Pomeroy’s Eq.
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Case 55 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION. 1. The renunciation of the will by the widow had the effect 'to precipitate the maturity of the legacies. (Peynado' v. Peynado, 82 Ky., 5; Wood v. Wood, 1 Met., 512; Curling v. Curling, 8 Dana, 38; Revised Statutes, chapter on Wills, p. 696; Gen. Stats., chap. 50, Art. 2, Sec. 2; Timberlake v. Parrish, 5 Dana, 345; Story’s Eq. Jurisprudence secs. 1082, 3-4; Pomeroy’s Eq. Jurisprudence, Vol. 1, secs. 468, 676 and 517; Firth v. Denny, 2 Allen (Mass.), 468; Jones v. Knappen, 22 Atl. Rep., 630; In re Ferguson’s…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HAZELRIGG
delivered the opinion oe the court.
By the will of John P. Morton the net income of his entire estate was to go to his wife so long as she lived. Upon her death the estate was to be distributed as follows: (Item 4.) To J. H. Morton Morris, $5,000; Ellen M. Goodloe, $3,000; Mary Belle Griswold, $1,000; Morton Morris, Jr., $1,00'' Morton Griswold, $1,000, and Margaret M. Becker, $500.
Then follows a clause giving to the appellant, a charitable institution in Louisville, the sum of $40,000. In a succeeding clause the sum of $10,000 is set apart for the construction of buildings on…
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