Legal Opinion
In Re Watkins'estate
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 19, 1954PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
75 So.2d 194 (1954)
In re ESTATE of Isaac WATKINS, Deceased.
Earl CRAWFORD, Appellant,
v.
Penelope T. WATKINS, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Isaac Watkins, deceased, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.
October 19, 1954.
Ragland, Kurz, Layton & Maness, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Brannon & Brown, Lake City, for appellee.
SEBRING, Justice.
On April 10, 1953, Isaac Watkins personally drafted his last will and testament, in longhand, designating one Favel Crawford, a minor, as his sole beneficiary. Charles Van Clear and Russell Platt were present while the will was being…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Drury v. ConnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Calkins v. CalkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Swift v. WileyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1840
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. HaylesSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
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- In Re Lomineck's EstateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
- In re Estate of WognumDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
- In Re Estate of BeakesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974
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