Massengill v. Fox

C. II. Davis, a, Methodist preacher, died, while a resident of Sullivan county, in 1922, leaving a will, in which he named his wife Eliza Davis as executrix, and she took his property either for life, or absolutely, as will be hereafter shown, and died intestate in June, 1925. No children survived, leaving the collateral kin of the husband and the wife to contend for the property. C. TI. Massengill, who is connected with a bank, and was the advisor of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, was appointed administrator of the estate of Mrs. Davis, and accepted the appointment, administering the trust for about…