HAYSLEY v. ROGERS


255 S.W.2d 649 (1952)

HAYSLEY et al. v. ROGERS.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Schmitt, Louisville, for appellants.

Ropke, Goldstein, Lampe & Poynter, Louisville, for appellee.


MILLIKEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment which construed the holographic will of Ella F. Thomas as devising a fee-simple title to her real estate to the appellee, Willie C. Rogers, her brother-in-law, with whom she made her home. The will was dated February 15, 1946, and was probated on March 20, 1946. The pertinent portion of the will reads:

"I give, bequeath and devise all of my estate, real, personal and mixed, of every kind and description...

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