FIRST AMERICAN NAT. BANK v. COLE


364 S.W.2d 875 (1963)

FIRST AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, etc. v. G. F. COLE, JR., Trustee, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 7, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips, Gullett & Steele, Nashville, for cross-complainant-appellant, Mrs. Frances Carter Steele.

J. O. Bass, Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, for cross-defendants-appellees, Mrs. Jane Carter Lackey, and Harrington A. Lackey.

Goodpasture, Carpenter, Woods & Courtney, Nashville, for cross-defendant-appellee, First American National Bank.

Thomas Wardlaw Steele, Nashville, for G.F. Cole, Jr., trustee.

Val Sanford, Nashville, for minor cross-defendants, Eric Steele and others.


FELTS, Justice.

This suit involves the construction of the will of Mrs. Frances Carter, deceased, with respect to the duration or existence of a trust provided by the will for the benefit of her husband, James DeWitt Carter; her two daughters, Mrs. Frances Carter Steele, and Miss Jane Carter; and any other child that might be born to her, and the descendants of any deceased child of hers.

The suit originated by bill by the Bank as executor to sell certain...

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