Estate of Schler v. Benson

LAURA DENVER STITH, Presiding Judge.

In her will, decedent Wilma C. Schler bequeathed to her son, Larry Joe Schler, an option to purchase the family farm at a favorable price. The terms of the option required him to exercise the option within seven months of the first publication of Notice of Letters, said that the purchase price must be paid within thirty days of such notice, and provided that the option would be void and of no effect if not “so” exercised within “said” time.

*497Larry gave notice of his intent to exercise the option to his sister and co-personal representative, Sandra Lee Benson.…