Tapp v. Reynolds

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Appellees Connie Ann Reynolds, Naomi Lee Pinkston and Bobbie Ed Metz were awarded judgments against the estate of R. L. Tapp, deceased, declaring their rights in respective amounts of $2,000, $1,000, and $2,000. A motion by the executor of the estate for an appeal was sustained.

The claims of the appellees arose out of a will jointly executed by R. L. Tapp and his wife, Virgie, in 1943. The substance of the will was as follows:

Clause I. R. L. and Virgie each willed to the other, for life, with power of encroachment for living' expenses, “all” of his-her estate.

Clause II.…