Johnson v. Thornton

Moss, Chief Justice:

Martha G. Johnson, the respondent herein, brought this action against Beverly Louise Thornton and Bealer Christine Jakubecy, the appellants herein, under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, Section 10-2001 et seq., of the Code, to construe a purported testamentary trust set forth in Item V of the will of one Minnie Lee Johnson Ricks, who died in 1969, seized and possessed of a parcel of real property located in Richland County, which is the corpus of the purported trust.

Item V of the will of .Minnie Lee Johnson Ricks, which is of record in the Court of Probate for…