Baker v. Baker
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Selma City Court. Heard before Hon. J. W. Mabry. Bill by George L. Baker, individually, and as executor and trustee, against Lillian H. Baker and others, to construe a will and quiet title to land devised thereby. Decree for complainants, and respondents appeal. The following is the copy of the will: “State of Alabama, Dallas County.
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Appeal from Selma City Court. Heard before Hon. J. W. Mabry. Bill by George L. Baker, individually, and as executor and trustee, against Lillian H. Baker and others, to construe a will and quiet title to land devised thereby. Decree for complainants, and respondents appeal. The following is the copy of the will: “State of Alabama, Dallas County. Know all men, that I, George O. Baker, of Selma, Alabama, state and county aforesaid, being in good health, and of sound mind and desiring to dispose of my worldly affairs, as seems to me best in case of my death, do make and constitute this writing…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The bill in this case is duplex. It seeks, first, a construction of the will of George O. Baker; and, second, the quieting of the title to lands devised thereby. The bill is filed by the executors of *199the will for a construction thereof and a proper administration of the trusts created thereby. The testator left surviving him a wife, Belzora, and two sons, Joseph and George, and four daughters, Nellie, Mary, Hattie, and Grace, as the objects of his bequests. The reporter will set out the will in full, so that this opinion may be the better understood.
One of the chief contentions between the…
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