Cory v. Parvin

Opinion

FEINBERG, J.

The Controller appeals from a judgment of the superior court, contending that the trial court erred in determining the nature of interests in certain real and personal property conveyed by decedent, Seth McKenna, to his sisters, Mary Parvin and Emma Eugenia McKenna. Specifically, the Controller asserts that Seth McKenna’s will conveyed life estates coupled with general powers of appointment to each of his two sisters. The respondent estate contends that Seth McKenna’s will conveyed life estates only. The determination of the nature of the interests devised to each of the…