Tapp v. Mitchell

HALLEY, Justice.

Elijah Delos Tapp, appellant, complains of error below in determining, on appeal from the county court, the manner of resort to property for payment of debts, taxes and expenses of the estate of James Leonard Tapp, deceased. The testamentary instrument makes, so far as pertinent, the following dispositions:

Clause I consists of a general provision for payment of debts, expenses of last illness and funeral.

Clause II provides a specific devise to Virginia Sue Entriken, decedent’s niece, of property known as the Strode Farm.

■ Clause III contains a devise to Albert Bryan Tapp,…