BENNETT v. CRAYCRAFT


290 S.W.2d 615 (1956)

Lucy V. BENNETT, Guardian of John David Craycraft, an Infant under Fourteen Years of Age, Appellant, v. David B. CRAYCRAFT, individually and as Administrator, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen, Duncan, Duncan & Arnold, Lexington, for appellant.

McCann, Sledd & McCann, Lexington, Beverly White, J. Marshall McCann, Jr., Winchester, for appellees.


STEWART, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Clark Circuit Court denying the probate of an alleged lost will of Edith Booth Craycraft purported to have been in existence as a valid instrument at the time of her death on July 4, 1952. We shall refer to the decedent herein as "the testatrix." Several grounds are urged for reversal but we shall consider only two of them which we believe are determinative of this appeal, namely:

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