Lilly v. Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co.

McDONALD, Judge.

The Jefferson Circuit Court adjudged that a testamentary power of appointment was validly exercised and this appeal followed.

J.C. Parker executed a will on May 28, 1936, and then a codicil to that will on September 20, 1937. J.C. Parker died August 4, 1939.

Surviving J.C. Parker were his wife, Minnie White Parker, and three children, John W. Parker, Ann Cooper Parker Dobbins and Mary Elizabeth Parker Lilly.

The lineage chart, as it applies to this appeal, is depicted as follows:

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The Will of J.C. Parker

J.C. Parker bequeathed his personal tangible property and…