Lynchburg College v. Central Fidelity Bank

Louis G. Pittard, a resident of Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, died in February 1989, leaving a will drawn by an attorney dated in September 1987. Item I of the will provides:

“I desire my just debts and all expenses of the administration of my estate, including such taxes as may be levied against my estate, paid as soon after my death as practicable.”

*295In the will, the testator made 38 cash bequests, a gift of mineral rights, two devises of real estate (one with a bequest of tangible personal property), and two equal residuary bequests — one to a group of nine tax-exempt organizations and the…