Earney v. Clay

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Ethel Clay, the widow of Frank Clay, died on October 2, 1966, leaving no lineal descendants. Except for the payment of debts and placing a marker on her grave, her entire estate, which consisted of real and personal property, was disposed of by paragraph 4 of her will, which in the parts material to the issues on this appeal, was as follows:

“ * * * I will, bequeath and devise all of the rest and residue of my property * * * (after same has been reduced to cash as hereinafter provided) in trust, to the then acting County Court of Crawford County, Missouri, to be held in…