BELCHER v. SOMERVILLE


413 S.W.2d 620 (1967)

Flora BELCHER, Individually and as Administratrix With the Will Annexed of the Estate of May Kirk Heller, Appellant, v. Jean SOMERVILLE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Anggelis, Anggelis, Collis & Bunch, C. V. Collins, Collins & Collins, Lexington, for appellant.

John L. Davis and James Park, Jr., Stoll, Keenon & Park, Lexington, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Probate of the purported holographic will of May Kirk Heller was contested by one of her heirs, the appellee Jean Somerville, a greatniece, on the grounds of undue influence and lack of mental capacity, and on the ground that the will was not wholly in the handwriting of the deceased. The jury found that the purported will "is not the last will and testament of May Kirk Heller," but did not indicate...

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