FUTRELL v. ESTATE OF VAUGHN

No. 90-01673.

586 So.2d 68 (1991)

Eliza FUTRELL, Appellant, v. ESTATE of John Robert VAUGHN, deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Phillip Brawley, Lakeland, for appellant.

Lavinia Lewis Shannon, Fort Meade, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

This appeal arises from an order of the trial court construing the Last Will and Testament of John Robert Vaughn, deceased (the Will), to exclude his sister, Eliza Futrell, from the class of persons eligible to receive the bequest of his residence. We reverse.

On December 30, 1987, Vaughn duly executed his Will, the pertinent provisions to this appeal being:

ARTICLE III SPECIFIC DEVISES 3.1 I bequeath and devise...

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