Elliott v. Brintlinger

LeRoy Elliott filed a complaint in the circuit court of Macon county to construe the will of Annie L. Brown, deceased. He claimed that the part of the estate devised in trust for the benefit of Alma May Elliott lapsed because she predeceased the testatrix, and that this part of the estate descended as intestate property. The chancellor decreed against him as to this claim, construed the will to give that part of the estate to the remainderman, Jessie C. Brintlinger, assessed the costs against appellant and found that he took only the legacy of $1000. A freehold is involved, and LeRoy Elliott…