Bowles v. Kinsey

In this will construction case, we consider whether the trial court erred in construing the term “personal property” to include only tangible personal property.

Wilson H. Kinsey and Joyce S. Kinsey (the trustees), co-executors and co-trustees of the estate of Clara S. Cromer (the testatrix), filed a bill of complaint to construe the testatrix’s will. At issue in the will, which was drafted by an attorney, are two provisions relating to the disposition of the testatrix’s personal property. The first provision, in Article IV, states: “I hereby give, devise and bequeath all my personal property…