Walker v. Amason

BEATTY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a court decree which removed the appellant, Elaine A. Walker, as trustee of a testamentary trust created by the will of her father, and which divided and distributed funds from a savings account held jointly by the appellant and appellee, Nettie T. Amason. We reverse and remand.

In 1967 Thomas Amason executed a will in which he left his estate to his daughter, Elaine A. Walker, in trust, to be used for the comfort and support of his wife, Nettie T. Amason. The pertinent portion of that will provided that:

All of the rest, residue and remainder of my…