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CARPENTER v. WELLS' ADMINISTRATOR

272 S.W.2d 659 (1954)

Lucille CARPENTER et al., Appellants, v. Emmett WELLS' ADMINISTRATOR (Edgar Wells) et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 5, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry H. Bramblet, Mt. Sterling, for appellants.

F. C. Bryan, Mt. Sterling, for appellees.

WADDILL, Commissioner.

Emmett Wells died testate, a resident of Montgomery County, Kentucky, on June 26, 1952. His holographic will executed on February 8, 1950, reads as follows:

"I request that all my personal and private posseron be eqarally divde betwen Hester and Edgar Wells."

This controversy over the construction of the will arises from different views as to what effect should be given to the term "request" and as to what the...

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