IN RE ESTATE OF WATKINS

No. 43748.

284 So.2d 679 (1973)

In re ESTATE OF Maurine Dallas WATKINS, Deceased. TRUSTEES OF the AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS, Petitioner, v. William T. ROGERS, As Administrator Ad Litem for the Estate of Georgia M. Watkins, Deceased, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion R. Shepard, Jacksonville, for petitioner.

Stephen D. Busey of Bedell, Bedell, Dittmar, Smith & Zehmer, Jacksonville, for respondents.


ERVIN, Justice.

This is a conflict certiorari review of the decision of the District Court of Appeal, First District, in In Re Estate of Maurine Dallas Watkins, Deceased, 274 So.2d 586.

This case involves the construction of the will of Maurine Dallas Watkins, testatrix. She left the bulk of her estate to various religious, charitable, and educational institutions.

By Clause VI of the will the testatrix directed...

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