Baldwin v. Branch

888 So.2d 482 (2004)

Claude H. BALDWIN III

v.

Miles BRANCH and Suzanne B. Ligon.

1011214.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 5, 2004.

Harry Markstein and Daniel H. Markstein III of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

J. Frank Head of Wallace, Ellis, Fowler & Head, Columbiana, for appellees.

Bruce F. Rogers and James W. Davis of Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, LLP, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Gloria Cobb, in support of the appellees.

SEE, Justice.

This case involves a dispute as to whether a disposition in a trust created by Claude H. Baldwin, Jr. ("Claude"), lapsed when the grantee…