COPENHAVER v. HEMPHILL


235 S.W.2d 778 (1951)

COPENHAVER et al. v. HEMPHILL.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay W. Harlan, Danville, C. Homer Neikirk, Sam C. Kennedy, Sandusky & Krueger, W. N. Flippin, W. B. Morrow, Somerset, for appellants.

Leonard E. Wilson, Phelps & Wilson, Lilburn Phelps, and Terill A. Wilson, all of Jamestown, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This case involves competing claims to a tract of land by virtue of descent. The Chancellor adjudged appellee, a niece of the deceased, was rightfully entitled to the property. Appellants are relatives claiming through the father of the deceased.

William Richardson died intestate, owning land in Pulaski County. He was not survived by any children or direct descendants. No brothers or sisters survived him, but appellee claims the estate...

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