Taylor v. State

A will devising all the testator’s property to a charitable institution was offered for probate on October 23, 1924, and a caveat was filed by the sole heir at law of the testator. Thereafter an agreement was entered into between the devisee and the heir at law, whereby the will was admitted to probate, and the devisee thereafter conveyed to the heir one half of the real estate received under the will, and the executor divided the proceeds of the personal property equally between the devisee and the heir. Was the portion of the estate received by the heir under such agreement subject to…