Legal Opinion
Carr v. Dunn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 23, 1980No. 78-278PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ALMON, Justice.
This case involves the construction to be placed on the last will and testament of Laura V. Sankey who died in May of 1977.
Her will was admitted to probate in the Probate Court of Montgomery County and the estate was subsequently removed to the Circuit Court. The First Alabama Bank of Montgomery, as executor and trustee, filed a petition requesting that the Circuit Court construe the will and enter a declaratory judgment determining who are the ultimate beneficiaries of a trust established in the will.
The testatrix left the following heirs at law and next of kin surviving her:…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Achelis v. MusgroveSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Perdue v. RobertsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Spencer v. Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Wiley v. MurphreeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Benners v. First Nat. Bank of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Fraley v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984