White v. Thomas
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 43 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM SHELBY CIRCUIT COURT. CITED 3 J. J. Marshall, 264, Cosby, &c. v. Ferguson. 3 Bibb, 186, Eastland v. Jordan. 8 B. Monroe, 64, Pope’s executors v. Elliott. 8 Biish, —, Carlin’s administrator v. Carlin. 12 B. Monroe, 481, Samuel & Johnson v. Ellis. 45 Barbour (N. Y.) 382, Genet v. Beekman. CITED 2 Redfield on Wills, 668, 669, and cases cited. CITED.
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Case 43 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM SHELBY CIRCUIT COURT. CITED 3 J. J. Marshall, 264, Cosby, &c. v. Ferguson. 3 Bibb, 186, Eastland v. Jordan. 8 B. Monroe, 64, Pope’s executors v. Elliott. 8 Biish, —, Carlin’s administrator v. Carlin. 12 B. Monroe, 481, Samuel & Johnson v. Ellis. 45 Barbour (N. Y.) 382, Genet v. Beekman. CITED 2 Redfield on Wills, 668, 669, and cases cited. CITED. Revised Statutes, sec. 23, chap. 80, 2 Stanton, 230. Civil Code, section 474. Roper on Legacies, pages 524, 525. 3 Vesey, 324, Bradley v. Peixoto. 1 Jacob & Walker, —, Boss v. Boss. 2 Story’s Equity…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered the opinion oe the court.
Richard Merriwether, a bachelor, owning considerable real estate, including a farm, near Christiansburg, in Shelby County, died, leaving a will by -which he devised the farm to his executor, David Merriwether, in trust, for Susie Merriwether, an infant niece of the testator. There was added to the will, however, the following self-explanatory codicil:
“For the kindness and attention of Mrs. Ann White to me during my illness I direct that my said executor shall give and allow to her during her life the use, benefit, and enjoyment of the dwelling in…
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