Humphrey v. Lawson

Grice, Justice.

This appeal results from the construction of an item of a will whereby the appellee was awarded one-half of the net estate and the other one-half was divided equally among the four appellants. Construction was invoked by a complaint filed in the Superior Court of Pickens County by Arnton Prather and N. L. Prather, as executors of the will of Willie Mae Prather, against themselves individually, A. W. Lawson, Jr., Mrs. Floyd Fitts and Mrs. Grayce Humphrey. The complaint and answers set forth the diverse contentions made with reference to Item 3 of the will, which is the only…