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Wills, Trusts & Estates Keyed to Sterk
Spicer v. Wright
Citation:
211 S.E.2d 79 (1975)Facts
Leila Wilson Spicer passed away on March 22, 1968, leaving her husband, Meade T. Spicer, Jr., as her sole heir. In her 1966 holographic will, she named her sister, Anne Beecher Wilson, as executor and left her estate to Anne with the instruction that it be disposed of as already agreed between them. After Anne’s death in 1970, Russell Alton Wright was appointed administrator of Leila’s estate and filed for court guidance regarding the will’s construction. The court ruled in 1974 that Anne acquired a fee simple title to Leila’s estate, free from trusts. Meade T. Spicer, Jr., appealed the decision, but he died in October 1974, and his executrix, Katharine S. Edmonds, was substituted as the appellant in the case.
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