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Warren T. Godfroy v. Suzanne De Charette

Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Jun 18, 1935
84 S.W.2d 66 (Ky. Ct. App. 1935)

Opinion

Decided June 18, 1935.

Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court.

RICHARD PRIEST DIETZMAN, FOSTER HOLT and JOHN TODD for appellants.

GILBERT DAVIS, C.G. BARRICKMAN, O.T. KALTENBACHER and R.F. MATTHEWS for appellees.


Reversing.

This appeal is prosecuted from the same judgment affirmed in part in St. Matthews Bank v. De Charette, 259 Ky. 802, ___ S.W.2d ___ , decided June 4, 1935. It is on the same record.

The circuit court held that the power of appointment given Sue T. Henning by the will of Bettie Meriwether was a special power, and that Sue T. Henning's appointment or devise of a remainder interest in the subject-matter to Warren T. Godfroy and Matt J. Holt was ineffectual and void, since they were not within those for whom the power was created. Our decision was that it was a general and not a special power. Hence it follows that Sue T. Henning's appointment to Godfroy and Holt was a valid exercise of the power.

The judgment in this regard was therefore erroneous, and to that extent it is reversed.


Summaries of

Warren T. Godfroy v. Suzanne De Charette

Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Jun 18, 1935
84 S.W.2d 66 (Ky. Ct. App. 1935)
Case details for

Warren T. Godfroy v. Suzanne De Charette

Case Details

Full title:Warren T. Godfroy et al., Appellants, v. Suzanne De Charette et al.…

Court:Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Date published: Jun 18, 1935

Citations

84 S.W.2d 66 (Ky. Ct. App. 1935)
84 S.W.2d 66

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