PRINCE v. HIGGINS

89-1448.

572 So.2d 1217 (1990)

Jo PRINCE and First Alabama Bank, as Executors of the Estate of Elizabeth H. Plummer, Deceased v. Paul HIGGINS and Adelaide Higgins.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Roland Nachman, Jr., and Patricia A. Hamilton of Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, for appellants.

Joana S. Ellis of Ball, Ball, Matthews & Novak, Montgomery, for appellees.

John B. Scott, Jr. of Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Huntingdon College.

Laura L. Crum of Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, Montgomery, for amicus curiae St. Margaret's Found., Inc.


SHORES, Justice.

Elizabeth H. Plummer died in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 29, 1989. Her 10-page will was admitted to probate on January 25, 1990. Under the terms of Mrs. Plummer's will, her "tangible personal property" was bequeathed to her brother, Paul Higgins, and a sister-in-law, Adelaide (even though Paul and Adelaide are not husband and wife, we shall refer to them as the "Higginses"). The residuary clause left the remainder of the estate "including real...

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