White v. Bourne

ADAMS, J.:

Final judgment granting prohibition is before us on writ of error.

Mae Stewart Jungbluth Laidlaw, a resident of St. Petersburg, Florida, died August 3, 1940, leaving a purported Last Will and Testament dated September 21, 1939. Same, on an Ex Parte hearing on August 5, 1940, was admitted to record by the Honorable T. Frank Hobson, acting as County Judge. This purported will disinherited the decedent’s husband, Robert E. Laidlaw. This will contained a specific bequest to Helen Severance in the sum of $5,000.00. The rest of the property was conveyed in trust to two trustees, with…