Jones v. Kirk

MELTON, Justice.

In his Last Will and Testament, Clyde Willis Jones (hereinafter referred to as “Clyde Sr.”), bequeathed a life estate of 40 acres to his wife, Olla Belle Fields. In the event of Fields’ death, Clyde Sr.’s five children1 were to receive a fee simple interest in the 40 acres that *221would be divided equally among them. Clyde Sr.’s grandson, Freddie Jones, had been living on a 2.2 acre tract of land that was part of the 40 acres in question since 1988, allegedly pursuant to an oral gift of the 2.2 acres to him from Clyde Sr. After Clyde Sr. and Fields died, four of Clyde Sr.’s heirs…