Central Trust Co. v. Hart

OPINION

By MATTHEWS, PJ.:

These actions were instituted in the Probate Court of Hamilton County by the plaintiff trustee, seeking a construction of certain provisions in the wills of James L. Hart, deceased, and Mary T. Hart, deceased, and for instruction and direction as to its duty as trustee.

The ■ defendants were Howard M. Hart and Dorothy A. (Hart) Evans, who'are children of James L. Hart, and Richard James (Shepherd) Hart, who claims to be an adopted son of James Malcolm Hart, a deceased son of James L. Hart, who was the life beneficiary of the trust estate created by these two wills,…