HERNDON v. BARNES


519 S.W.2d 823 (1975)

Anne Montgomery HERNDON and Elizabeth Ferguson Herndon Sherman, Appellants, v. Edwin E. BARNES, Executor of Estate of Betsy H. Barnes, etc., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Craig Bradley, Jr., Bradley & Bradley, Georgetown, for appellants.

E. Durward Weldon, Georgetown, for appellees.


JONES, Justice.

The construction of a purported holographic codicil to the will of Betsy H. Barnes is the controversy presented by this appeal.

On December 2, 1965, Mrs. Barnes executed a valid will. By the terms of that will, Rankin E. Barnes was to receive her automobile. Her husband Edwin was to receive the balance of the personal property except her interest in livestock.

One of the assets involved in this dispute is the "Thompson" place. This...

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