HENDREN v. BROWN


364 S.W.2d 329 (1962)

Jasper B. HENDREN et al., Appellants, v. Louise D. BROWN et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shackelford & Burnam, James E. Thompson, Richmond, John Y. Brown, Lexington, for appellants.

Robbins, Robbins & Robbins, George C. Robbins, Steve Robbins, George W. Robbins, Shumate & Shumate, Thomas D. Shumate, Richmond, for appellees.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a will contest. After a trial resulted in a hung jury, the circuit judge granted judgment upholding the will under CR 50.02. On this appeal contestants contend they were entitled to another jury trial on three grounds.

The principal controversy concerns a holographic will apparently executed by the decedent, a middle aged widow, on July 1, 1946. She subsequently executed a codicil on April 26, 1952, properly attested by two witnesses...

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