Livingston v. Crickenberger
Florida District Court of Appeal
141 So. 2d 794 (1962)
Facts
P.T. Ewing died intestate and owned a piece of partitioned land. After Ewing’s death, the land was sold to a group of his intestate heirs, including Louise Crickenberger (defendant). The buyer-heirs, along with Margaret Livingston (plaintiff), were Ewing’s sole intestate heirs. Livingston had received property from the administrator of Ewing’s estate and from other heirs but did not receive any property from Ewing during his life. The court conducted a hotchpot to determine the advancements received by each intestate heir during Ewing’s lifetime before calculating each heir’s intestate share. The court held that Livingston had received advancements in excess of her intestate share and therefore ruled that she owed money back to Ewing’s estate. Livingston appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Carroll, C.J.)
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