Mercantile National Bank at Dallas v. National Cancer Research Foundation

BATEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit by Mercantile National Bank at Dallas, as executor of the estate of Grace Greenwood Taylor, deceased and the residuary legatees under her will, to construe the will, and particularly paragraph 4 thereof, reading as follows:

“I give, devise and bequeath to the National Cancer Research Foundation, the sum of $10,000.00.”

Alleging the Bank’s inability to locate a foundation bearing that exact name, the plaintiffs asked the court to determine, if possible, the identity and location of the beneficiary so designated. Among the defendants named were American Cancer…