Jenkins v. Finch

Hunt, Justice.

In 1979, John Bunyan Finch died testate in Brooks County, Georgia, and his will was filed there for probate. Appellant Lillian Jenkins is Finch’s daughter from his first marriage. Herschel Finch is his son from his second marriage to Ethel Finch. Lillian and Herschel are co-executors of his estate. In his will, Finch left his farm and savings of about $110,000 as a life estate for Ethel, to whom he had been married for 52 years, with the remainder to be divided equally between Lillian and Herschel. In 1982, Lillian lodged a complaint against Herschel and Ethel in the Superior…