Melican v. Parker

Harvey Strother, who was domiciled in Georgia, bequeathed a Florida condominium to his long time mistress, Anne Melican.1 Prior to his death, however, Strother entered a contract to sell the condominium. Although Strother died before the closing date for the sale of the condominium, the condominium was nevertheless eventually sold pursuant to the agreement that Strother had entered before he died. When Melican filed an action in the Probate Court of Cobb County, Georgia, to collect the proceeds from the sale of the condominium, A. Sidney Parker, executor and trustee of the testamentary…