KANAWHA VALLEY BANK v. HORNBECK

No. 12544.

151 S.E.2d 694 (1966)

The KANAWHA VALLEY BANK, a corporation, as sole surviving Trustee under the Last Will and Testament of Addison M. Scott v. Chauncey L. HORNBECK et al., etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant P. Hall, Jr., Harry B. Lambert, Charleston, for appellants.

Spilman, Thomas, Battle & Klostermeyer, Hawthorne D. Battle, Charleston, for appellee.


BERRY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final order of May 3, 1965, in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, in a declaratory judgment proceeding involving the construction of a complicated will disposing of a large estate left by Addison M. Scott in Charleston, West Virginia. The exact question concerns the disposition of a fractional interest of a testamentary trust, and of about 22 original defendants, seven...

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