Cases on Wills, Descent, and Administration: Selected from Decisions of English and American Courts |
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... clause was added to the will , which simply requested that the H. care for the brother in case of need . She testatrix then signed the will without reading the clause , or having it , read to her . HELD : That the will was invalid on ...
... clause was added to the will , which simply requested that the H. care for the brother in case of need . She testatrix then signed the will without reading the clause , or having it , read to her . HELD : That the will was invalid on ...
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... clause or paragraph . This clause did not change in any way the legal effect of the instrument as it was when deceased declined to sign it . It made no charge on the estate , and imposed no duty or liability on any one . It was merely a ...
... clause or paragraph . This clause did not change in any way the legal effect of the instrument as it was when deceased declined to sign it . It made no charge on the estate , and imposed no duty or liability on any one . It was merely a ...
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... clause make no such provision , but leave the matter of taking care of the brother to the option of the husband . Order [ granting a new trial ] affirmed . " IDDINGS v . IDDINGS . ( Supreme Court of Pennsylvania , 1821. 7 Serg . & R ...
... clause make no such provision , but leave the matter of taking care of the brother to the option of the husband . Order [ granting a new trial ] affirmed . " IDDINGS v . IDDINGS . ( Supreme Court of Pennsylvania , 1821. 7 Serg . & R ...
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... clause in and doubly ignorant ; for he told her it would be inoperative , and he told her , farther , if it was struck out , the rest of the will would be vitiated . Mis- " informed by this statement , she allowed the clause to remain ...
... clause in and doubly ignorant ; for he told her it would be inoperative , and he told her , farther , if it was struck out , the rest of the will would be vitiated . Mis- " informed by this statement , she allowed the clause to remain ...
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... clause of the will was inserted in the said residuary clause by error , contrary to the instructions of the testator , and was retained 38 The English rule is that words inserted in a will by mistake may be stricken out , but that words ...
... clause of the will was inserted in the said residuary clause by error , contrary to the instructions of the testator , and was retained 38 The English rule is that words inserted in a will by mistake may be stricken out , but that words ...
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action adeemed ademption administrator admitted to probate appears applied appointment assets bequeath bequest cancellation child civil death claim clause codicil common law Court of Chancery court of equity creditors death debts deceased decision declared decree defendant descent devise died dispose disposition distribution doctrine effect entitled equity evidence Ex'rs executor fee simple gift give heirs at law held husband inherit instrument intention interest intestate judgment jury land legacy Lord Lord Penzance Lyon county marriage ment mortgage N. J. Eq paid paper party payment personal estate personal property plaintiff present probate court provisions question real estate reason reference residuary legatee residue revocation revoked rule signature signed statement of facts Statute of Frauds subscribing witnesses sufficient supra Supreme Court testament testamentary testamentary capacity testator's testatrix thereof tion trust valid widow wife words writing written
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Page 159 - It shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator or by some other person in his presence and by his direction, and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary.
Page 757 - ... shall not lapse, but shall take effect as if the death of such person had happened immediately after the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 491 - ... death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 744 - ... accordingly, if the said being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said letters of administration (approbation of such testament being first had and made) in the said court, then this obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 704 - ... unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will. XXV. And be it further enacted, That, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will, such real estate or interest therein as shall be comprised or intended to be comprised in any devise in such will contained, which shall fail or be void by reason of the death of the devisee in the lifetime of the testator, or by reason of such devise being contrary to law or otherwise incapable of taking effect, shall be included in the residuary devise...
Page 219 - ... or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is herein-before required to be executed, or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same.
Page 361 - That no will or codicil, or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution thereof, or by a codicil executed in manner herein-before required, and showing an intention to revive the same...
Page 471 - Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid that the estates both of resident and nonresident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts, the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the...
Page 326 - And be it further enacted, that no conveyance or other act made or done subsequently to the execution of a will of or relating to any real or personal estate therein comprised, except an act by which such will shall be revoked as aforesaid, shall prevent the operation of the will with respect to such estate or interest in such real or personal estate as the testator shall have power to dispose of by will at the time of his death.
Page 239 - Frauds it is enacted, that no devise in writing of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any clause thereof, shall be revocable otherwise than by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same, or by burning, cancelling, tearing, or obliterating the same, by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his directions and consent...