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THIRD NAT. BANK IN NASHVILLE v. HARRISON

256 S.W.2d 711 (1953)

THIRD NAT. BANK IN NASHVILLE v. HARRISON et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 6, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.B. Stout and Charles v. Runyon, Clarksville, Cecil Sims, Nashville, for appellants Will K. Harrison and Earl A. Harrison.

Charles L. Cornelius and W. Ovid Collins, Jr., Nashville, for appellee Third Nat. Bank in Nashville, trustee.

K. Harlan Dodson, Jr., Nashville, for appellee Laurin Bryan Askew, III.

Collier Goodlett, Clarksville, for appellees J. Couts Askew, J. C. Askew, Jr., Laurin Barker Askew, Barbara Askew Haynes, Peter Askew, Anne Askew Tidwell, Will Logan Askew and the unborn heirs of J.C. Askew.

PREWITT, Justice.

The bill was filed by the trustee under the will of L.B. Askew, Sr., to secure a construction of his will. The Chancellor decreed that the three sons took a remainder interest contingent upon the testator's widow dying without ever having remarried and also contingent upon their surviving the life tenant.

The only controversy arises over the construction to be placed upon the second paragraph of Item 2 of the will, said Item 2 reading as...

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