Brewton v. McLeod

Grice, Justice.

Mrs. Estelle Stephens Brewton and S. A. Brewton, Jr., devisees under the will of George Stephens, probated in the Tift County Court of Ordinary on July 1, 1957, brought an equitable petition in the superior court of that county against B. H. McLeod, as executor of the will.

The petition alleged, among other things, the following: that, under Item V of Mr. Stephens’ will, a trust fund was established for the testator’s widow for life with remainder over to her daughter; that Item VII of the will gave directions for the sale of the testator’s property “of every kind and…