Fidelity & Columbia Trust Co. v. Cornett

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Stites

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment of tbe Bell Circuit Court undertaking to declare tbe rights of tbe parties concerned under tbe will of Robert N. Cornett, deceased. Tbe will of Mr. Cornett was admitted to probate m January, 1935. He provided by tbe first clause of bis will for tbe payment of bis debts and funeral expenses. By tbe second clause, be made various specific bequests amounting in tbe aggregate to $2,500, • and bequeathed the remainder of bis personal property to bis widow. We are concerned here with the construction to be placed on the…