Cornelson v. Vance

Pishburne, Justice.

This is a suit in equity, brought by the plaintiffs as administrators with the will annexed, to obtain a judicial construction of the will of Miss Toccoa Bailey, who died on May 8, 1948. The cause was heard before the Circuit Judge upon the pleadings, exhibits, and stipulation of facts. The main question involved in this appeal is wheather the bequests of Six Hundred Fifty-Nine and Eight-Tenths shares of the preferred stock of Lydia Cotton Mills, mentioned in Paragraphs 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the will of Miss Bailey are specific legacies; and, if so, were adeemed and…