KEYSER v. POWELL


294 S.W.2d 932 (1956)

Vada R. KEYSER, Appellant, v. Kitty Reed POWELL et al., etc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Nathan Elliott, Jr., Lexington, for appellant.

Weldon Shouse, Lexington, for appellees.


SIMS, Judge.

This declaratory judgment action involves the construction of the will of H. C. Powell, who died April 23, 1945. The dispository clause gave his entire estate to his wife, Kitty Reed Powell, one of the appellees herein, for her life with the remainder to be divided equally between testator's heirs and her heirs, or whomever she should appoint.

The clauses of the will with which we are concerned read:

"III. Approximately one-third (1/3...

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