Miller v. Keown

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing on both appeal and cross-appeal.

Dr. R. A. Miller died a resident of Ohio county on December 23, 1913, leaving the appellant, Margaret E. Miller, his widow, surviving him. They had been married since about 1870, and had no children. At the time of his death Dr. Miller was .about 72 years of age and his widow about 7Q years old.

On May 6, 1913, the decedent prepared and subscribed his holographic will, the substance of which was that he devised the home in which he lived in Fordsville, Kentucky, together with the furniture therein, to his widow, but…