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BEDINGER v. GRAYBILL'S EXECUTOR & TRUSTEE

302 S.W.2d 594 (1957)

Mrs. Henry BEDINGER et al., Appellants, v. Mrs. Luella GRAYBILL'S EXECUTOR & TRUSTEE, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Dissenting Opinion March 29, 1957.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Richardson, Thomas P. Bell, Walter C. Cox, Jr., Lexington, for appellants.

Paul H. Mansfield, Robert Hayes, Lexington, for appellees.

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The case presents what may be said to be, as a popular expression of today, "A $64,000 question." Is it lawful for a man to adopt his wife as his child and heir at law? The amount involved is approximately $64,000.

By her will, executed in August, 1914, Mrs. Luella Graybill set up a trust for her son, Robert E. Graybill, for his life. The trustee was authorized to pay him one-half the corpus. The third paragraph of the will reads:

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