Leroy Hill Coffee Goes to Children Despite Will

After the death of Leroy Hill, of Leroy Hill Coffee Co., in 2009, his widow and adult children from a previous marriage began a legal battle over the inheritance of the company and the family farm.  His children argued that their inheritance in the company and farm was agreed upon by their mother and Hill as part of their divorce agreement and that the agreement invalidated Hill’s will, which left the company and farm to his second wife. The children’s suit was successful and their award of the inheritance was recently affirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court.

See Brendan Kirby, Supreme Court Affirms Ruling in Family Feud, Clears Way for Children’s Inheritance of Coffee Empire, AL.com, Oct. 17, 2014.