Higdon v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

Beasley, Judge.

The appellants are the three sons and sole heirs of Joseph R. Higdon, Sr., who died testate on August 8, 1989, naming his son Joseph, Jr. as executor and leaving his estate equally to his sons. In lieu of probating the will the appellants agreed upon a distribution of their father’s estate among themselves. A house owned by Higdon and insured by Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company was valued at $21,000. The brothers agreed on the shares they would each receive from the proceeds of a prospective sale of the house and that this would finalize and complete the estate’s…