ELLIS v. PAXTON

Civ. A. No. 662.

114 F.Supp. 347 (1953)

ELLIS et al. v. PAXTON et al.

United States District Court W. D. Kentucky, at Paducah.

July 16, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connerat, Dunn, Hunter, Cubbedge & Houlihan, Savannah, Ga., Wheeler & Marshal, Paducah, Ky., Wyatt, Grafton & Grafton, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiffs.

Smith, Reed & Leary, Frankfort, Ky., for defendants T. A. Paxton and Joseph J. Leary.

E. Palmer James, Paducah, Ky., J. Dudley Inman, Louisville, Ky., for intervenors, Betty F. Graves, Murrell B. Flournoy, and George C. Flournoy.

Paul R. Smith and Douglas Forbes, Santa Monica, Cal., David R. Reed, Paducah, Ky., for intervenor David Flournoy.


SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.

September 10, 1925, George A. Flournoy executed his will and died in November of 1928. His will, excluding attestation certificate, as probated, is as follows:

"I, George A. Flournoy, of Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, being of sound mind and disposing memory do hereby make and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all former wills or codicils heretofore made by me.

"1st. I wish all my...

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