GREENE v. COTTON


457 S.W.2d 493 (1970)

Alvin GREENE and Tom Foree, Executors of the Estate of S. R. Jones, Deceased, Appellants, v. B. C. COTTON and Gladys Cotton, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Threlkeld, Williamstown, for appellants.

Charles Landrum, Jr., Landrum, White & Patterson, Lexington, Lee B. Lanter, Williamstown, for appellees.


DAVIS, Commissioner.

The critical question is whether a writing by decedent S. R. Jones legally accomplished the cancellation and release of a promissory note which B. C. Cotton and his wife, appellees, had executed to Jones. The circuit court held that it did. There are other questions presented by appellants, but our view of the case makes it unnecessary to consider or discuss them.

On August 17, 1955, the Cottons executed and delivered to S. R. Jones their...

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