Salmons v. Salmons

This is an action in equity instituted by William Elroy Salmons, plaintiff and appellant, against James King Salmons, a minor, defendant and appellee, and Merna Elizabeth Salmons, defendant and appellant. There are two causes of action. The purpose of the first cause of action is to construe a devise in the will of Harriet Jane Salmons, mother of plaintiff, dated December 31, 1910, and the second is to construe a devise in the will of William B. Salmons, father of the plaintiff, dated January 4, 1912, with a codicil dated August 1, 1923.

The devise which is the basis of the first cause of…