Stewart v. Hamilton

The cause is here for review upon certiorari to the court of civil appeals. The court reversed the decree of the chancellor and dismissed the amended and supplemental bill through which complainant sought to trench upon an estate devised to A. M. Hagan, trustee, for the benefit of complainant’s wards, who are Harriet, Mary, and Margaret Hamilton. Their father, W. D. Hamilton, died September 26, 1919. Their mother died some time before the father.

By item 3 of W. D. Hamilton’s will dated April 10, 1918, he appointed A. R. Stewart grandfather of his daughters their guardian. Mr. Stewart assumed…