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ELLIS v. ELLIS

No. 87-SC-187-DG.

752 S.W.2d 781 (1988)

J.I. (Ike) ELLIS: Greene Ellis; Nannie Smith; Rhoda Perkins; unknown persons, heirs, devisees, legatees, grantees, personal representatives, successors and assigns of Belle Sharp; unknown persons, heirs, devisees, legatees, grantees, personal representatives, successors and assigns of Ollie Walker; unknown persons, heirs, devisees, grantees, personal representatives, successors and assigns of Grace Walker Gibbons; unknown persons, heirs, devisees, grantees, personal representatives, successors and assigns of Calvin Ellis; and all persons claiming any right, title or interest in or lien upon any of the lands described herein, and all persons claiming any right, title or interest in or to the Estate of James Shelton Ellis, deceased, Appellants, v. Morris Alvin ELLIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.M. Cox, Jr., Williamsburg, for appellants.

Gary Brittain, Corbin, James Wren, Williamsburg, for appellee.

LAMBERT, Justice.

More than two years after the intestate death of James Shelton Ellis, appellee brought this action seeking a declaratory judgment that he was the decedent's illegitimate child and sole heir. Appellants are persons who claim to be the decedent's heirs at law. The trial court dismissed appellee's claim as barred by the statute of limitations.1 The Court of Appeals reversed the...

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