JONES v. EDMUNDS


477 S.W.2d 771 (1972)

Charles L. JONES and the Unborn Heirs of Cheryl Anne Edmunds, Appellants, v. William H. EDMUNDS et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. P. Barlow Ropp, Guardian Ad Litem, Nunn, Travis & Ropp, Glasgow, for appellants.

Carroll M. Redford, Redford & Redford, Harry W. Berry, Dale Burchett, Henry H. Dickinson, Richardson, Barrickman & Dickinson, William B. Jones, Glasgow, for appellees.


VANCE, Commissioner.

This appeal presents several intricate problems relating to the proper settlement and distribution of an estate. Bryant Ralston Edmunds died testate and his will directed that his debts be paid out of his estate without specification of any particular part of the estate from which payment of debts should be made.

His will included three specific bequests of particular items of personal property and then provided in Item 4 as follows:<...

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