Legal Opinion
Fletcher v. Ellenburg
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 21, 2005No. S05A0396PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
In this case involving the construction of a will, the probate court determined that a specific devise of real property which was not owned at the time of death of testatrix is adeemed. We affirm.
In 1961 testatrix Mary M. Hyde acquired a tract of land adjacent to her parents’ home. She built a one-story brick house on that property, known as 2383 DeFoors Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia (“DeFoors property”). She rented the DeFoors property to others while she continued to live with her mother in the family home. In 1975 her mother passed away, leaving testatrix a life estate in…
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