Scott v. Turner

John Milton Scott, a. resident of Shelby county, Tenn., in 1902 made and executed his last will and testament *645and died a few days thereafter. In this case we are called upon to construe item 3 of this will, which is as follows:

“I have some notes secured by mortgages and also some other notes and accounts due me by various parties. I wish my executors to collect these as soon as they can without causing too great distress or embarrassment to my debtors, and I give my executors authority to grant these debtors reasonable indulgence if in their opinion it can be done without endangering the…