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DAWSON v. DAWSON'S ADMINISTRATRIX

272 S.W.2d 666 (1954)

J. W. DAWSON et al., Appellants, v. M. F. DAWSON'S ADMINISTRATRIX (Cora L. Dawson), Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 5, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence F. Speckman, Louisville, for appellants.

Brown, Eldred, Brown & Tachau and Chas. B. Tachau, Louisville, for appellee.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In an action brought by the administratrix of the estate of M. F. Dawson, against Dawson's children by his first marriage, a declaration was sought as to the validity and effect of three holographic writings found in Dawson's lock box after his death. The court rejected the contention of the children that the writings created trusts, and adjudged that the writings were testamentary in character and as such were revoked by the subsequent marriages...

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