Alexander v. First National Bank

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is the second appeal from orders of the Crawford Probate Court affecting the estate of J. Fred Alexander, who died in 1956, survived by his widow, Mildred, and two adult children, Caruth and Mary. Fred Alexander left a sizeable estate, subject to the terms of a standard marital deduction will leaving one-half of the estate to Mildred and the balance to her in trust for Caruth and Mary, with the income of the trust belonging to Mildred.

In 1967 Caruth died survived by his widow, Dorothy, the executor of his will, and a minor son, and litigation between Dorothy and…