LAVENDER v. COOPER

38076.

248 Ga. 685 (1982)

285 S.E.2d 528

LAVENDER v. COOPER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawson & Hanks, H. Douglas Hanks, for appellant.

Lovejoy Boyer, Duross Fitzpatrick, W. Dennis Mollis, for appellees.


JORDAN, Chief Justice.

The single issue presented is whether the legacy to Ollie McDaniel Coody (now Ollie Virginia Lavender, the appellant) was specific and adeemed or whether it was demonstrative and did not adeem. The trial court construed the legacy to be specific and held that it had adeemed because a certain savings certificate was not found among the assets of the testatrix after her death.

Item Four of the last will and testament of Bessie Mae Coody...

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