Harrison v. Odom

Bowles, Justice.

Marion Ann Dyer Odom, a granddaughter of the deceased Vera C. Dyer, brought a petition for the construction of Item 3 of the decedent’s last will and testament. Said item stated: "I give, bequeath and devise all of my property both real and personal and wheresoever located to my four children; Judson R. Dyer; Marie Harrison; Elizabeth Hicks; and Harold T. Dyer to be theirs absolutely and in fee simple, share and share alike with the child or children of a deceased child or children to share per stirpes.” (Emphasis supplied.)

Although only four children were expressly named in…