Dotson v. Merritt

Opinion op the Court by

Judge O’Rear

Reversing.

Appellant Simon Dotson was married and had begot living children of his wife prior to 1894. She subsequently died, the owner of a small farm of 39 acres in Logan county. The husband was then an aged man, infirm in sight and hearing, and was illiterate. He and some of his sons continued to reside on the home place. His wife owed a note at her death, which was a purchase money lien on the piace. The note was owing to a citizen of Tennessee who had died instate. Ancillary administration upon his estate was granted in Kentucky, in the Logan county…