Estate of Mesker v. Florida Bank & Trust Co.

Elizabeth D. Mesker died testate. By her will she bequeathed a “pendant diamond brooch” designated as “Item 26” to Countess Ethel de Jumilhac. She bequeathed other jewelry to her sister, Isabelle Oates. For a fuller statement of the facts see State ex rel. Florida Bank & Trust Company, et al., v. White, 155 Fla. 591, 21 So. (2nd) 212.

The sole question here is the sufficiency and probative effect of the evidence to show whether or not Item 26 was the “pendant diamond brooch” bequeathed to Countess Ethel de Jumilhac.

The appellant contends that there is no competent legal evidence identifying…