IN RE DENNIS' ESTATE

No. 65-218.

179 So.2d 889 (1965)

In re ESTATE of Beecher DENNIS, Deceased. CITY OF MIAMI, Florida, a Municipal corporation, as Devisee under the Last Will and Testament of Beecher Dennis, Deceased, Appellant, v. Edla LEAVER and Shirley Glesche, Petitioners, the First National Bank of Miami, Ancillary Administrator C.T.A., and Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody, Mehrtens and Cole, on behalf of Additional Devisees, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

November 9, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Barrett, City Atty., and Jack R. Rice, Jr., Asst. City Atty., for appellant.

James Halley Ruby, Miami Beach, Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody, Mehrtens & Cole, Miami, for appellees.

Before HENDRY, C.J., and BARKDULL and SWANN, JJ.


BARKDULL, Judge.

The appellant herein, City of Miami, a devisee under the will of the decedent, seeks review of an order of the county judges' court voiding certain charitable bequests in the decedent's will, pursuant to the provisions of § 731.19, Fla. Stat., F.S.A. We affirm.

The sole question raised by the appellant is whether the appellees, Edla Leaver and Shirley Giesche, had sufficient interest in the real property located in the State of Florida...

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