PITTS v. ESTATE OF GILBERT


672 S.W.2d 70 (1984)

Dorothy PITTS, Administratrix with Will Annexed, of the Estate of Sadie B. Gilbert, Jerry Thompson, Alanson P. Horton, Jeffrey Thompson, Etta Gilbert, Albert Grey Horton, II, James Thompson, Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Frank GILBERT, Alexander Gilbert, Co-Administrator, Milbert Gilbert, Co-Administrator, Eric Baker, Elsie Wyatt, Junius Gilbert, Catherine Stevenson, Alex Gilbert, James Gilbert, Charlie Gilbert, Lena Metcalfe, Milbert Gilbert, Ralph Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, Arthur Gilbert, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne J. Carroll, Ewen, Mackenzie & Peden, P.S.C., Louisville, for appellants.

Carl J. Bensinger, Louisville, for appellees.

Before CLAYTON, LESTER and WILHOIT, JJ.


LESTER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the interpretation and construction of a will by the Jefferson Circuit Court.

Sadie Gilbert, testatrix died on November 6, 1978, owning both real and personal property. A will executed by her on April 2, 1976 was admitted to probate, and Frank Gilbert, her husband, was named executor. However, on June 5, 1979, he also died, and Dorothy Pitts, one of the appellants, was appointed as administratrix with the will annexed...

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