IN RE WILL OF BARKER

No. 34039.

162 Ohio St. 531 (1955)

IN RE WILL OF BARKER: ROOT, EXR., APPELLANT, v. THE PILGRIM-CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF CHARDON, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Mark Sperry, for appellant.

Messrs. Wilmot, Baskin, Lausche & Kelley, for appellee.


WEYGANDT, C. J.

This controversy stems from two conceded facts.

Nor is there a dispute as to the principles of law involved.

The difference arises in the application of the law to the facts.

The first fact is that The Christian Church of Chardon and the First Congregational Church of Chardon have been consolidated under the name of The Pilgrim-Christian Church.

The second fact is that in his will the testator used the language, "The...

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