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DEAN v. LANCASTER

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233 S.C. 530 (1958)

105 S.E.2d 675

James A. DEAN et al., Plaintiffs, v. Mrs. Gertrude Dean LANCASTER et al., Defendants, James A. DEAN, Joel L. Dean, George B. Dean, Sr., Mrs. Annie Belle Dean Arnold and John B. Dean, Appellants, v. Mrs. Annie Dean NORMAN, Belle Dean, Mrs. Norean Dean, Mrs. Jan Norman and Georgia Cleveland Home, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

November 12, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Edwin W. Johnson and Holcombe & Bomar, of Spartanburg, for Appellants.

Messrs. Love, Thornton & Arnold, of Greenville, for the Respondents, Mrs. Annie Dean Norman and Mrs. Jan Norman.

Messrs. Moore & Stoddard, of Spartanburg, for Norean Dean, Respondent, and Perrin & Perrin, of Spartanburg, for Georgia Cleveland Home, Respondent, and William K. Cox, of Woodruff, Guardian ad Litem for Belle Dean, a Minor, Respondent.

November 12, 1958.

OXNER, Justice.

George B. Dean, who owned considerable real estate, died in 1909 survived by five children, namely, E.B. Dean, J. Madison Dean, Lewis Dean, Alfred Dean and Annie Dean Liles. Shortly before he died, he executed a will by which he disposed of his entire estate. This appeal involves the construction of Item III which reads as follows:

"I will, devise and bequeath to my son Alfred Dean and his wife Gertrude Dean my home...

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