Dunkel v. Hilyard

Kline, Judge.

{¶1} Bryan Miller Dunkel appeals the judgment of the Pickaway County Court of Common Pleas entering summary judgment in favor of Martha Hilyard and Thomas F. Tootle (“the co-executors”) and Ronald and Carol Bates. Dunkel asserts that the trial court erred as a matter of law in determining that Leland Dunkel’s will granted a fee simple absolute to his wife, Eloise H. Dunkel. Because Leland used clear, technical language to devise a fee simple absolute without limitation to Eloise, we disagree. Dunkel also asserts that the trial court erred in determining that Eloise expended the…