GARETT v. RAWLINGS

No. 63-792.

167 So.2d 794 (1964)

Jules GARETT, Appellant, v. Henry B. RAWLINGS, as Administrator C.T.A., of the Estate of Doris Naomi Garett, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hendricks & Hendricks, Miami, for appellant.

Sanford M. Swerdlin, Miami, for appellee.

Before CARROLL, TILLMAN PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

On December 15, 1955, Doris Naomi Rawlings made a will. It contained a bequest to an individual and left the residue to her children. The will expressly directed payment of her funeral expenses.1 Later she married the appellant Jules Garett, and was married to him when she died. The will had remained unchanged.

In this case the trial court allowed the estate to recover from the husband $486 which it had paid out for...

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