Smith v. Williams

This is an appeal from that portion of a judgment which upholds the validity of a trust deed upon certain real property.

Lisbon Williams died in 1919, leaving at least the use of all of his estate to his sister Sarah E. Merrill for her lifetime, appointing his said sister and a brother F. E. Williams as trustees to carry out the full intent and purpose of his will, and giving some sort of a remainder to seven named nephews and nieces. The same sister and brother were appointed executors of the will.

The will was probated in Orange County and in 1926 a decree of distribution was entered…