The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-18
HEIRS ASK COURT TO
REMOVE The WAL
LINGFORD EXECUTOR
Petition Filed In County Court by
Heirs Of Mrs. Kate Wallingford
Asking That Bank Of Maysyille
BE Removed As Executor.

Heirs of the late Mrs. Kate Walling-
ford, represented by Attorneys Moul-
inier, Bottman & Hunt and Allan d.
Cole, filed a petition in County Court |
Friday afternoon asking that court to
remove the Bank of Maysville as Exc
cutor OF the will of the deceased
The plaintiffs in this action are
Buckner A. Wallingford, Anna Wall !
ingford Anderson, Blanch W. Sattler,
Helen w. Wise, Buckner w. Anderson,
Rebecca A. Perrin, Buckner A. Walling-
ford, Jr., and Nicholas l.. Wallingford
by their father and next friend, Buck
ner A. Wallingford.
The petition filed in County Court
says in part:
plaintiffs state that the last will
and testament of the said Kate WALL
ingford was probated privately in the
Mason County Court by defendant
without any notice to these plaintiffs
OF the time or place thereof; that when
manner aforesaid the defendant. its
agents and servants endeavored to
suppress the publication thereof in
the newspapers of the City of Mays
vile Kentucky, under the false repre-
sentation that the relatives of said de-
cedent so desired; whereas, in truth
nj wi
bated and one of them to-wit Buckner
A. Wallingford, speaking for himself
and on behalf of the other published in
each of the local papers n written COM
municGtion requesting the publication
OF said will In said newspapers and
thereup said will was published.
"Plaintiffs further state that the de-
fendant sought to suppress all in
formation concerning the nature and
value of said estate by withholding an
inventory and apprasement of said
estate until after the expiration of
time allowed by law in which to file i,
and refused to file the same until COM
PEELED to DO SO by a rule from this
court.
plaintiffs state that when said in
ventory and appralsement was filed no
report whatever was made by defend
ants concerning shortage in the bond
account or any of the transactions
hereinbefore described nor was the
1 q n he ohA -,
action listed among the assets of said
decederts estate, by reason whereof
these plaintiffs were put to great ex.
pense Of hiring an expert accountant
who, assisted by their counsel, went
through the books of the said Bank o.
Maysville and unearthed the facts o.
which defendant all the while had ol
should have had full and complete in
formation, but failed and refused
otherwise to divulge the same.
plaintiffs further state that the.
confronted defendants personal rep
: resentative with these facts and de
manded in writing that it bring sui
, against said bank and others to re
cover the loss which decedent and he
estate have sustained through sue
shortage in her bank account an
: through the sale Of said fifty share c
said Bank OF Maysville stock to hel
but that defendant has failed and re
fused to collect said assets or to brin
: suit for the collection of same or an
: part thereof or in any way to assist /
: the recovery thereof, but on the cor
e trary has obstructed the same; an
had fraudulently withheld the sal
y assets from the payment of an inheri
e ance tax thereon.
u plaintiffs further state that /
q reason Of the dominating influence (
n James N. Kehoe, President of IL
y Bank of Maysville and the condition
e hereinbefore described and the defent
e ants consequent failure to collect a
e sets OF said estate and its consequel
g. inability and refusal to sue either Il
Bank Of Maysville or James N. KehC
or Mary Grow or Mike Brown, not on
'' has the position Of James N. Kehoe 1
- an individual become incompatib
- with that of James N. Kehoe, Presidel
of tho Bank of Maysville as execute
but the position of the Bank Of May
:, Vile as an individual has also becon
antagonistic to and is incompatib
with its position as personal repr
Il sentative OF Kate Wallingford, decea
ed, and the defendant has thereby b
. come incapable to discharge its trus
n Wherefore, plaintiffs pray that Il
defendant, Bank of Maysyille, rs exc
utor OF Kate Wallingford, deceased.
summoned herein; that 1t be remov
n as such personal representative al
that this court appoint to fill the Y
~ cancy a suitable person as admini
70 traitor with tho will annexed OF Ka
ic Wallingford deceased, and for {
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