Thomson v. First National Bank

Ethridge, O.

Appellants, beneficiaries under a testamentary trust, assign as errors the interpretation by the chancery court *696of the period of duration of the trust, and the failure of that court to give the trustee certain instructions to be followed in the administration of the trust estate.

Mrs. Mathilde Lacey Yates, a widow 61 years of age, and a resident of Jackson, Mississippi, died on December 28, 1948, leaving a last will and testament dated August 21, 1947, and written wholly in her own handwriting as follows:

“August 21 — 1947

“I, Mathilde Lacey Yates, being of sound mind do here make my…