Dickerson v. Stewart

This is an action by a life estate tenant for fire insurance proceeds received by remaindermen.

B.D. Stewart and Jennie Stewart owned a house and lot near Grant, Alabama. B.D. Stewart died in 1955. In 1970, Jennie Stewart and two of her children conveyed the property to her third child, Bobbye Fuell, who in 1975 conveyed to Jennie Stewart a life estate in said property. Bobbye Fuell later married Hollis L. Helton. Bobbye Helton died in 1977. Mr. Helton conveyed his interest in the property to Jennie Stewart on February 18, 1981. Mr. Helton died in 1983. On the same date, Jennie Stewart…