Woodall v. First National Bank

Grice, Justice.

The basic issue for determination in this appeal is whether the testator’s sale of certain property to a third party constituted an ademption of a portion of a legacy. This issue arose when the First National Bank of Columbus, as executor and trustee under the will of Allen M. Woodall, Sr., filed in the Superior Court of Muscogee County a petition for construction of the will in respect to several matters, including this issue of ademption. The petition named as defendants the testator’s *689widow Mrs. Janette M. Woodall, his sons by a prior marriage Allen M. Woodall, Jr., and…