White v. Moore

SPEARS, Justice.

This is a will construction case. Mattie Moore died testate in 1976. Her will provided in pertinent part:

I hereby give, devise and bequeath all of my property, real, personal and mixed to my six children, viz: Herman, Dewey, Ruby, Lester, Carl and Cecil and to the survivor or survivors of them at the time of my death, share and share alike....

Mattie was predeceased by her son Herman, whose daughter (Nadine) and granddaughter (Dora Jean) are petitioners in our court.1 Dewey and the other siblings survived Mattie and are the respondents before us. The trial court rendered…