VAUGHN v. PERKINS


576 S.W.2d 257 (1979)

Janis K. VAUGHN, Mary C. Milby, Administratrix of the Estate of Aaron Wayne Milby, Deceased and Mary Charles Pepper, Appellants, v. Lee PERKINS, Administrator of the Estate of Lissie Perkins Pepper, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Butler, Greensburg, James E. Bondurant, Bondurant, Whitlow, Scott & O'Dell, Hodgenville, for appellants.

Carl Howell, Howell & Howell, Hodgenville, for appellees.

Before HOWARD, HOWERTON and PARK, JJ.


PARK, Judge.

By a joint will executed with his wife, A. G. "Gid" Pepper bequeathed his entire estate to his wife, Lissie Perkins Pepper, for her lifetime. He also appointed Lissie executrix of his estate. After Gid's death, Lissie treated a joint checking account and certain certificates of deposit as her own property rather than property passing to her as life tenant under the will. Following Lissie's death, the plaintiffs-appellants, remaindermen of Gid's estate...

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