F. & M. Bank v. Trustees of the Front Royal United Methodist Church

By Judge John E. Wetsel, Jr.

This case came before the Court on the bill of complaint of F. & M. Bank — Winchester, Executor and Trustee of the Estate of Lillian Mae Foreman Everly, seeking the Court’s direction as to whether the estate held by Lillian Mae Foreman Everly at the time of her death, which she received from her husband who predeceased her, was a fee simple interest or a life estate, and as to what the phrase “all of my possessions’’ used in her husband’s will meant.

Upon consideration of the argument of counsel and their memoranda of authorities, the Court has determined that Mrs.…