Defenders of Furbearers v. First Natl. Bank & Trust Co. of Lexington

CULLEN, Commissioner.

These two appeals arise from a judgment construing a portion of the will of Mary E. Stevenson, who died early in 1955. The judgment held that the portion of the will in question, as construed by the court, was incapable of execution, and therefore the money attempted to be bequeathed should be distributed to the heirs of the testatrix as intestate property. The amount involved is approximately $55,700.

The Lexington Humane Society, designated as an initial beneficiary of the bequest, has appealed, maintaining that the bequest to it shortld have been upheld. The Defenders…