Ewald v. Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Citizens Fidelity Bank and Trust Company, of Louisville, was named as executor in the will of Sterling D. Ewald, who died July 31, 1955. His widow and son protested the qualification of the bank as executor, in the county court of Jefferson County. The county court permitted the bank to qualify, and on appeal to the circuit court the ruling was affirmed. The widow and son have appealed from the circuit court judgment.

The ground of objection to the qualification of the bank arises out of the claim that in 1948 and 1949, when the bank was serving in the capacity of…