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FIRST NAT. BANK v. GENERAL ASSEMBLY MISSION

610 S.W.2d 927 (1980)

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, Executor of the Estate of Jane Wight Huffman; Ira E. Wight, Jr.; Daniel E. Wight; Eugene F. Williams, Jr.; Georgie W. Lewis; and Marie W. Von Gontard, Appellants, v. GENERAL ASSEMBLY MISSION BOARD OF the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN the UNITED STATES, INC., a Georgia Corporation and Madison National Bank of Richmond, Executor of the Estate of Pearl W. Burnam, Deceased, Appellees. GENERAL ASSEMBLY MISSION BOARD OF the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN the UNITED STATES, INC., Cross-Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, Executor of the Estate of Jane Wight Huffman; Ira E. Wight, Jr.; Daniel E. Wight; Eugene F. Williams, Jr.; Georgie W. Lewis; and Marie W. Von Gontard, Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1980.

Discretionary Review Denied February 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry M. Greathouse, Spurlin & Greathouse, Richmond, for appellants and cross-appellees.

Richard Bush, Jr., Robert M. Beck, Jr., Harbison, Kessinger, Lisle & Bush, Lexington, A. R. Burnam, Burnam & Thompson, Richmond, for appellees and cross-appellant.

Before COOPER, LESTER and WINTERSHEIMER, JJ.

COOPER, Judge.

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a declaratory judgment determining that a gift of a testatrix's residuary estate to a corporation was valid, and had not lapsed. The issues presented herein are: (1) whether the trial court erred in determining that a bequest to a corporation passes to its successor corporation subsequent to any merger; and (2) whether the trial court erred in determining that the doctrine of cy pres was inapplicable herein. On...

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