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MATTHEWS v. MATTHEWS

84-584.

477 So.2d 391 (1985)

Robert Harlan MATTHEWS v. Martha K. MATTHEWS.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Bryant, Jr. and Mark R. Ulmer of Bryant & McKnight, Mobile, for appellant.

Caroline Wells Hinds of Brown, Hudgens, Richardson, Mobile, for appellee.

TORBERT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the executor of the estate of Harlan Matthews from a decision by the Probate Court of Mobile County that a certain legacy of stock was a general bequest. The sole issue on appeal is whether the probate judge correctly concluded that this legacy was a general bequest and not a specific bequest subject to ademption. We reverse.

The testator, Harlan Matthews, died on July 13, 1984, leaving a last will and testament...

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