WHITCOMB v. WHITCOMB


267 S.W.2d 400 (1954)

WHITCOMB v. WHITCOMB et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. B. Smith, Ray O. Shehan, James Sampson and Edward G. Hill, Harlan, for appellant.

J. B. Carter, Harlan, W. R. Lay, Grant F. Knuckles, Pineville, Joseph J. Leary, Frankfort, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Harlan County Court admitted to probate a purported holographic will of John G. Whitcomb, which devised his entire estate to his widow, Pauline B. Whitcomb. The heirs, consisting of brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews, appealed to the circuit court, and upon a jury trial a verdict was returned finding that Whitcomb did not write the will. The widow has appealed from the judgment entered upon the verdict.

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