DAVIS' ADMINISTRATOR v. CHASTEEN


273 S.W.2d 368 (1954)

Catherine DAVIS' ADMINISTRATOR (Louis W. Cook, Jr.), etc., Appellants. v. Martha Davis CHASTEEN et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry J. Cook, Lawrence V. Drahman, Newport, for appellants.

Lorimer W. Scott, Newport, for appellees.


MOREMEN, Justice.

The questions for decision here are: (1) Have the appellees established by sufficient evidence that they are the only heirs at law of Catherine Davis, deceased, and entitled to inherit her estate under KRS 391.010, and particularly that part of subsection (5) which provides: "If there is neither paternal nor maternal kindred, the whole shall go to the husband or wife of the intestate; or, if the husband or wife is dead, to the kindred of the husband...

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