Nowell v. Davis

CLARK, Presiding Judge.

The administrator of the estate of Roy 0. Nowell, deceased, appeals from an order of the circuit court denying the estate’s application for enforcement of a real estate purchase option granted Roy by the will of his deceased father, Oscar Nowell. The issue is whether the testamentary provision affording Roy the opportunity to purchase a tract of real estate from his father’s estate at a favorable price may be exercised for the benefit of Roy’s estate.

*794Oscar Nowell died testate March 19,1978, leaving as his legatees his son Roy, three daughters and one granddaughter, the…