Allen v. First National Bank of Batesville

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

This litigation revolves around reciprocal wills executed by Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Edwards in 1950 and a will executed by Mr. Edwards in 1955. Mrs. Edwards died in 1952 and Mr. Edwards died in 1957. The parties interested in this appeal are: The Hazel Edwards Memorial Methodist Church at Newark, hereafter called the church; The First National Bank of Batesville which was designated by the 1955 will as the Executor and also the Trustee, hereafter called the bank, and; The collateral heirs of C. M. Edwards, hereafter called the heirs.

In view of the fact that there was…