Citizens-Union Bank & Trust Co. v. Palumbo

SIMS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a declaratory action brought to construe the will of E. L. Sandusky. The trial judge held the widow’s renunciation of the will accelerated the remainder interests of testator’s two daughters, who took subject to their mother’s life estate, and thereupon the remainders vested absolutely. The executor and trustee appeals.

E. L. Sandusky, a resident and citizen of Fayette County, died on April 6, 1955, and his will was probated during the same month by the Fayette County Court. The bulk of the estate was devised to appellant, Citizens-Union…