Thirteen dollars for $1.5 million property
Reversing an appellate court’s decision, the Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a Breathitt County woman should get more than $1 million in real estate that her uncle decided on his deathbed to give her in exchange for $13.
The property, intended not as an inheritance but as a gift from one person to another, has been at the center of a 71/2-year court battle.
At issue was property that John Raymond Turner, a prominent Jackson banker, intended to give to his niece, Louise Howell. Turner’s estate included property in Lexington, Breathitt County, Berea and Sarasota, Fla.
“Uncle John intended to do exactly what has happened,” Howell said Tuesday.