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SOLOMON v. CENTRAL TRUST CO.

No. 90-2035.

63 Ohio St.3d 35 (1992)

SOLOMON, APPELLANT, v. CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO, N.A.; LIEBERMAN, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wickens, Herzer & Panza Co., L.P.A., Brian Jereb, Charles J. Pawlukiewicz, Sandra Watkins Cleaver and Darrell W. Holland, for appellant.

Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh, Charles J. Tyburski, David J. Simmons and Richard Sternberg, for appellee.

STEPHENSON, J.

It is the fundamental duty of the courts to ascertain the intent of a testator in making a will, including any testamentary trust provisions contained therein, and to give effect to those intentions wherever legally feasible. Tootle v. Tootle (1986), 22 Ohio St.3d 244, 247, 22 OBR 420, 423, 490 N.E.2d 878, 881; Anderson v. Gibson (1927), 116 Ohio St. 684, 157 N.E. 377, at paragraph one of the...

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