ALTMAN v. RIDER


291 S.W.2d 577 (1956)

Joseph ALTMAN et al. v. Marion RIDER et al., Executors of Will of Henrietta S. Davis, Deceased, et al. SHELBY COUNTY TRUST & BANKING CO., Administrator with Will Annexed and Trustee under the Will of Leopold Samuel, Deceased, v. Marion RIDER, and Farmers Bank & Capital Trust Co., Executors of the Will of Henrietta S. Davis, Deceased, et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Meigs, II, Frankfort, Ellis Levy, New York City, for appellants Joseph Altman and others.

Matthews & Matthews, Robert F. Matthews, Shelbyville, for appellant Shelby County Trust & Banking Co., Admistrator, and others.

Allen Prewitt, Frankfort, Robt. F. Matthews, Shelbyville, Louis Cox, Frankfort, Harold Y. Saunders, Shelbyville, Hobson & Meigs, Henry Meigs, II, Frankfort, for appellee Marion Rider, Executor, and others.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Leopold Samuel died in 1926. Under his will, his entire estate was left to his daughter for life, with directions that upon her death the estate be liquidated and certain specific bequests be paid in money. One of the bequests was of $10,000 to "Wolf Bodenheimer's descendants."

The daughter, between 1927 and 1930, endeavored to buy up the interests of all the specific beneficiaries, with the view of acquiring a fee simple title to the...

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