Newcomb v. Masters

Appellants filed their bill in the circuit court of Morgan county to construe the will of James M. Masters, deceased, and for other relief hereafter referred to. Appellants are the only children and heirs-at-law of Squire D. Masters, who was a son of the testator and is now deceased and who was named as executor and trustee in his father’s will. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the bill and dismissed it for want of equity, and complainants have appealed to this court.

In the first clause of the will of James M. Masters the testator appointed his son, Squire D. Masters, executor of the…