Zimmerman v. Corley

GRIFFIN, Justice,

for the Court:

This case, concerning the term “cash” within a will, comes to the Court from the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County, which awarded four certificates of deposit under a cash bequest. We affirm.

On February 9,1981, Thomas A. Mitchell executed a will, which read in part:

Item III

I hereby give, devise and bequeath to my brothers, sisters, or surviving children of my brothers and sisters who may predecease me, a one-fifth (l/5th) interest in all remaining cash possessed by me at the time of my death less the costs of the administration of…