IN RE ESTATE OF MELLOTT

Nos. 33720 and 33726.

162 Ohio St. 113 (1954)

IN RE ESTATE OF MELLOTT: MELLOTT, APPELLEE, v. ESTATE OF MELLOTT ET AL., APPELLANTS. IN RE ESTATE OF MELLOTT: MELLOTT, APPELLEE, v. ESTATE OF MELLOTT ET AL.; CITY OF BELLAIRE, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 7, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Eagleson & Laylin, Mr. Ralph A. Neff and Messrs. Thornburg & Lewis, for appellee.

Messrs. Cooper & Cooper, for appellants in cause No. 33720.

Mr. John J. Malik, for appellant in cause No. 33726.


WEYGANDT, C. J.

This litigation involves but a single question of law.

Under the will of the plaintiff's husband, was the stock of the Union Savings Bank "specifically bequeathed" within the purview of Section 10509-89, General Code (Section 2113.38, Revised Code)? If so, the widow was not entitled to purchase the requested 400 shares at the appraised value; but if the shares were not specifically bequeathed, she was entitled to purchase them.

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