Eversole v. Eversole
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Perry Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op ' the Court by
William Rogers Clay, Commissioner
Reversing.
The principal question presented on this appeal is whether or not a wife, who has. wrongfully killed her husband, is entitled to her statutory share of his estate.
The question arises in the following way: M. C. Eversole died a resident of Perry county in the year 1913. His daughter, Lydia Eversole, qualified as administratrix and brought this suit to settle his estate. Emma Eversole, widow of the intestate, by answer and cross-petition, asserted dower in the real estate and also claimed as exemption property of the value of…
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