Orr v. Griffith

Appellant is the administrator, with the will annexed, of the estate of James Howard, who died in Phillips County, July 22, 1930. He brought this suit in the Phillips Chancery Court against all the devisees and legatees named in will to obtain a construction thereof by the chancery court. The will, omitting formal parts, is as follows:

‘ ‘ 1st. It is my desire that my funeral expenses and all of any just debts be fully paid and discharged and given preference in the settlement of my estate.

“2nd. It is my desire to be buried on the Shelton lot in Maplelawn Cemetery, located in Paducah, Kentucky.