Legal Opinion

Abrams v. Wheeler

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 29, 1985No. 83-388Published

1Opinion of the Court

468 So.2d 126 (1985)

Della Rena ABRAMS

v.

Malcolm L. WHEELER, as General County Administrator for the Estate of James Cohill.

83-388.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 29, 1985.

George V. Eyraud, Jr., Birmingham, for appellants.

Malcolm L. Wheeler, Birmingham, for appellee.

EMBRY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree entered in the Jefferson County Probate Court naming Ethel Banks as the sole surviving heir to the estate of the late James Cohill. Della Rena Abrams, Cohill's illegitimate daughter, appeals. We reverse.

James Cohill died intestate in Jefferson County on 17 March 1981, having had no…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Trimble v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Lalli v. LalliSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Pickett v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Everage v. GibsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  5. Moore v. TerrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1929

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