Bank of Maysville v. Calvert

VANCE, Commissioner.

The consolidated appeals involve the validity of the following portion of the will of Clara C. Martin, deceased:

“6. I direct the remaining net proceeds of my estate to be divided among such charitable and religious organizations as the executor of my estate may *25deem deserving, within its sole discretion.”

The question is whether the language of the will sufficiently points out with reasonable certainty the purposes of the charity and the beneficiaries thereof to comply with KRS 381.260 which provides as follows:

“Every grant, conveyance, legacy, bequest, devise, gift,…