MADISON v. WHITTLE


272 S.W.2d 48 (1954)

Milton MADISON et al., Appellants, v. William Earl WHITTLE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodes K. Myers, Bowling Green, B. M. Vincent, Brownsville, for appellants.

Chas. E. Whittle, T. H. Denunbrun, Brownsville, Rodes Bratcher, Morgantown, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

In 1946, when she was about 60 years old, Myrtle Whittle executed a will devising and bequeathing all of her property to her nephew, the appellee. It was prepared by a bank official and properly executed. This suit was brought by appellants, decedent's brother and half brothers and half sisters, to contest the will on the ground she lacked mental capacity.

A properly instructed jury found for...

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