Bryan v. Melvin

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for the construction of the wills and codicils of George E. Adams and wife Mary Barton Adams, both deceased. The appellant (plaintiff in the trial court) is Travis Bryan, Jr., Administrator with wills annexed, of both George E. and Mary B. Adams. The appellee (defendant) is Ann Adams Melvin, granddaughter of the deceased and a devisee under both wills.

Plaintiff alleged defendant owed the estates $73,306.62 as reflected by an account prepared from the account books of George E. Adams, deceased, and that said sum is a legal charge against…