ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, LEXINGTON v. DWERTMAN


268 S.W.2d 646 (1954)

ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, LEXINGTON et al. v. DWERTMAN et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. P. Moloney, Donald P. Moloney, and F. Selby Hurst, Lexington, William E. Wehrman, Covington, for appellants.

Charles S. Adams, Eugene Benzinger, Covington, for appellees.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a declaratory judgment action seeking the proper construction of the will of Frank W. Harting. The principal question involved is the character of the estate devised and bequeathed to the testator's wife and daughter. The controversy is between those parties and three charitable institutions named in the will.

The pertinent provisions of the will, which was drafted by a layman, are as follows:

"I give, devise, bequeath...

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