87 Ky. 140 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1888
delivered the opinion op the court.
After the death of A. B. Chapman, his will was admitted to probate by the Fleming County Court. Said will provides : “After the payment of any just
Pursuant to the foregoing provision, the testator’s estate was converted into bank stock, and Cynthia Chapman received the dividends arising from the stock to' the time of her death, which occurred in September, 1886, except the sum of three thousand seven hundred and five dollars, which was in the hands of David Wilson, the administrator, with the will annexed, of A. B. Chapman. Cynthia Chapman in her life-time purchased some real estate with a portion of the dividends she had received on said bank stock. She devised all of her estate, including this real estate, to the appellee, J. B. Jackson. The children of Basil Browning, the devisees of A. B. Chapman, claim the three thousand seven hundred and five dollars remaining in the hands of David Wilson, at the time of the death of Cynthia Chapman, and said real estate, upon the ground that
Said will is not susceptible of the construction that Cynthia Chapman was only entitled to a mere support out of the dividends of the bank stock; if it were, then she would only take a life use therein to the extent of a support, and whatever of it remained unused for that purpose, at her death, would go to the remaindermen under the will. But the dividends arising from the bank stock were willed to her during her life, as a distinct estate, and the corpus of the estate — the bank stock itself — was willed to the appellees, to take effect at the death of Cynthia. So, by the will, the two interests in the estate were severed; Cynthia taking the dividends as • a separate and distinct estate, and the appellees taking only the body of the estate — the bank stock itself — as a separate and distinct estate.
It is well-settled, that where one owns a life estate in land, the rent thereof due at the time of his death goes to his representatives, and not to the remainder-man. And where one is entitled to the interest on
The mere fact that the appellees joined as plaintiffs in this action, which involved a construction of A. B. Chapman’s will, as to whether Cynthia Chapman was entitled to an absolute estate in the dividends during her life, and the decision thereon, can have no effect upon any question that may arise in contesting her will.
The judgment of the lower court is affirmed.