Case Name: James K. Burgess v. Charles Owens' Executrix
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1869-12-14
Citations: 3 Ky. Op. 319
Docket Number: 
Parties: James K. Burgess v. Charles Owens' Executrix.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 3
Pages: 319–320

Head Matter:
James K. Burgess v. Charles Owens' Executrix.
Demurrer — Allegations of Petition by Distributee for Misappropriation.
A petition by a distributee, against an executor and another, alleging a combination to defraud the estate by a misappropriation of the assets, in the absence of the disclosure of the plaintiffs interest, not set forth, a demurrer thereto was property sustained.
APPEAL FROM SCOTT CIRCUIT COURT.
December 14, 1869.
Shepard, for appellant.
Robinson, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Hardin:
Although, it is stated in the original and amended petitions that W. O. Burgess was the father of the plaintiff, the fact is also disclosed that he left a will, and that Samuel N. Green was his executor; and if the suggested relationship of the plaintiff to the testator authorized the inference that the plaintiff was his only heir at law, yet it appearing that he left a will, it must also be inferred that he thereby disposed of his estate, and it is not disclosed by any sufficient averment, either that the plaintiff was a devisee under the will, or that the whole estate was not needed to pay debts.
Therefore conceding the right of a distributee to sue the executor and another with whom he may have combined, as alleged in this case, to defraud the estate by a misappropriation of the assets of the estate, upon a sufficient disclosure of the plaintiff's interest in the estate,^as such an interest was not set forth by either the original or amended petition, the demurrer to the petition was properly sustained.
Wherefore, the judgment is affirmed.