MORTON v. JONES


358 S.W.2d 365 (1962)

A. T. MORTON et al., Appellants, v. Rev. W. S. JONES et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Griffin, Marks & Stephens, Robert F. Stephens, Lexington, for appellants.

Wheeler B. Boone, Lexington, for appellees.


MOREMEN, Judge.

This appeal presents the problem of the interpretation of a holographic will and, specifically, whether the will devised a fee simple title to certain real estate.

The real property consisted of a house within the city limits of Lexington and a forty-four acre tract of Fayette County farm land which apparently had been divided into two tracts. One of the tracts was a small one with a house, and this lot adjoined the larger tract.

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