City of Memphis v. Union Planters Nat. Bank & Trust Co.

The suit was instituted in the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, by the City of Memphis Tennessee, for the purpose of having adjudicated, under the Declaratory Judgments Act, its rights and status under the will of Alba C. Lake, deceased, and seeking a construction of the will, as to the complainant’s rights and obligations thereunder.

The will in question was executed by the said Alba C. Lake, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee, on August 5, 1918. Mr. Lake died on June 27, 1922.

After probate of the will and administration of the estate, the assets came into the custody of the Union…