PUCKETT v. RICHARD

80-725.

418 So.2d 838 (1982)

Claire PUCKETT, et al. v. Dianne M. RICHARD, as Administratrix of the Estate of Dan Cole Mitchell, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry Hubbard, Robert C. Tanner & Walter E. Braswell of Hubbard, Waldrop, Tanner & deGraffenried, Tuscaloosa, for appellants.

B. Don Hale, Cullman, for appellee.


SHORES, Justice.

Dan Cole Mitchell died in 1977. He left a will leaving his entire estate to his former wife, but by operation of law, the will had been revoked by his divorce from her. Thus, his estate passed by intestacy to his five surviving children in equal shares. His oldest child, appellee Dianne M. Richard, was appointed administratrix by the probate court of Cullman County.

Among the assets of the estate was all of the outstanding stock of Mitchell...

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