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Brown v. Harris
Florida Supreme Court
106 So. 412 (1925)
- Written by Liz Nakamura, JD
Facts
Mary Harris bequeathed a life estate in her will to her husband, Andrew Harris (defendant), with the remainder passing to her nephew, Clarence Brown (plaintiff), and her niece, Jessie Washington. The life estate covered the real and personal property Mary owned in Florida and Massachusetts. The chancellor ruled that Andrew’s life-estate interest gave him the right to dispose, incumber, convey, or sell any life-estate assets in fee simple during his lifetime and that Brown and Washington were entitled only to whatever property remained in the life estate after Andrew’s death. Brown appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Whitfield, J.)
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