Eastminister Presbyterian Church v. Thompson

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the Will of Dorothea Jackson, deceased, contained a residuary clause so that a $102,000 Certificate of Deposit (CD) passed to the Eastmin-ister Presbyterian Church.

The appellants, heirs of Dorothea Jackson, have appealed, insisting that the trial court erred in holding that the last sentence of Item Y of the Will operated as a residuary clause.

The pertinent portions of the Will are as follows:

IV

I have not made a devise or bequest to any of my relatives in this will because they are all financially secure in their own right and do not need…