Williams v. Williams

THOMAS, J.:

A decision of this case necessitates the construction of a will in the light of the relevant provisions of Section 21, Florida Probate Law, Section 731.20, Florida Statutes, 1941. It is there stated “(1) . . . when any property is . . . bequeathed to . . . blood kindred of the testator, and such . . . legatee dies before the testator, leaving lineal descendants . . . who survive the testator, such legacy . . . does not lapse but such descendants take the property so given by the will in the same manner as the . . . legatee would have done had he survived the testator,” and also…