Rucker v. Morgan

SHORES, Justice.

This cáse involves the question whether a document that purported to convey real property was intended as a will or a deed. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the trial court’s holding that the document was intended to be a will. Rucker v. Morgan, 702 So.2d 452 (Ala.Civ.App.1996). We reverse and remand.

Joseph Rucker married Reba Helen Ruck-er in July 1968, and they lived together until Joseph’s death in May 1993. During the marriage, the Ruckers built a house on a parcel of land Joseph had received from a division of his parents’ property. The house was built at a cost of…