Snidow v. First National Bank

R. M. Alvis, seventy-nine years of age, a citizen and resident of Giles county, died in that county in September, 1938. He was a bachelor and left surviving him, as his sole heir-at-law, a niece. In 1931, he executed a will, in which he named the First National Bank of Narrows as executor. The will was probated but was subsequently annulled and set aside in a court proceeding for that purpose, as being violative of the rule against perpetuities. Thereafter, the First National Bank of Narrows qualified as administrator of his estate.

Alvis lived about one-half mile from the home of E. E.…