White v. Conference Endowment Commission

SMITH, Justice.

May 19, 1948, Edgar L. White, Sr., then unmarried, executed his will. He bequeathed to appellants Methodist Church organizations sums totaling $12,500, to appellant Beulah Cass $5,000, and to appellant Edna Stillwell $2,500, all payable in five equal annual payments beginning at the end of the first year after death. He bequeathed and devised the remainder of his estate, which included 1931/% acres of farm land, to his son, respondent Edgar L. White, Jr. He directed that the probate and distribution of the estate be not concluded until the end of the fifth year following death.

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