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MAY v. RILEY

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279 S.C. 248 (1983)

305 S.E.2d 77

Annie Pearl S. MAY, Lillian H. Snipes, Abner C. Stockman and Hoyt M. Stockman, Trustees Under the Will of A.C. Stockman, Petitioners, v. John Frank RILEY, John David Riley, a minor over fourteen (14) years of age, R. Hunter Park, Gladys Park Estelle, Mary Hunter Belkowski and Virginia Ann Hunter Cronic, of whom R. Hunter Park and Gladys Park Estelle are Respondents, and Mary Hunter Belkowski and Virginia Ann Hunter Cronic are Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kendall Few, Greenville, for appellants.

Thomas H. Pope, III, Newberry, for respondents.

July 13, 1983.

NESS, Justice:

This is an action to construe the will of Abner C. Stockman. The trial judge held respondents were entitled to the property. We reverse.

Abner Stockman died in 1924 survived by four children, one of whom was Mary E. Hunter. Stockman devised Mary a life estate in one-fourth of his residuary estate; upon her death, the property was to be equally divided among her children for their lives. Upon their deaths, the portion set...

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