Eaton v. Nashville Trust Co.

This suit was brought by Mrs. Eva Eaton and her husband to recover from the Nashville Trust Company something over $3,500, alleged to be due to her under certain provisions of the will of her father. There was a decree for the complainant below, from which the defendants have appealed.

The case involves a construction of a will of George W. Spottswood, Avho died several years ago. The fourth clause of the will and a codicil to the will are in controversy and are as follows:

“Fourth. To the Nashville Trust Company, I bequeath the sum of three thousand dollars in trust for the benefit óf my son,…