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... opinion seems to be he could convey by deed or will , and that his devisees took the same estate he had . " Catron , J. , in Williams v . Wilson , Mart . & Y. ( Tenn . ) 248 , 253 , 254 ( 1827 ) . 3 SECTION 4. - CONVICTION OF CRIME ...
... opinion seems to be he could convey by deed or will , and that his devisees took the same estate he had . " Catron , J. , in Williams v . Wilson , Mart . & Y. ( Tenn . ) 248 , 253 , 254 ( 1827 ) . 3 SECTION 4. - CONVICTION OF CRIME ...
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... opinion in Potts v . House . For the writer of that opinion , it need hardly be said , the present writer entertains the profoundest respect and esteem . In Potts v . House the expression , " a mere glimmering of reason , " was used as ...
... opinion in Potts v . House . For the writer of that opinion , it need hardly be said , the present writer entertains the profoundest respect and esteem . In Potts v . House the expression , " a mere glimmering of reason , " was used as ...
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... opinion that the sentence and judgment of the trial court should be reversed , the verdict of the jury set aside , and the case remanded for a new trial to be had not in con- flict with this opinion . Reversed.11 11 On the burden of ...
... opinion that the sentence and judgment of the trial court should be reversed , the verdict of the jury set aside , and the case remanded for a new trial to be had not in con- flict with this opinion . Reversed.11 11 On the burden of ...
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... opinion the bequest in favor of Adelaide Ward is void . She has sworn in her answer that which has been distinctly disproved . The evidence shows that she imposed in a gross manner upon the testator . Therefore , there must be a declara ...
... opinion the bequest in favor of Adelaide Ward is void . She has sworn in her answer that which has been distinctly disproved . The evidence shows that she imposed in a gross manner upon the testator . Therefore , there must be a declara ...
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... opinion , as in the case of insanity , but here it goes back to the main burden of persuasion ; i . e . , by one opinion , the volun- tariness of the testator's act is a part of the proponent's case , and with the jury he has the risk ...
... opinion , as in the case of insanity , but here it goes back to the main burden of persuasion ; i . e . , by one opinion , the volun- tariness of the testator's act is a part of the proponent's case , and with the jury he has the risk ...
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admitted to probate alteration appears attesting witnesses bequeath bequest cancellation child circumstances civil death codicil common law court of equity death deceased decision declared decree deed destroyed devise died dispose disposition doctrine document duly executed effect erasures executor express gift gift causa mortis give heir at law held husband inherit instrument intention to revoke intestacy intestate judgment jury lands legacy legatee Lord Lord Penzance marriage ment N. J. Eq N. Y. Supp obliteration operate opinion is given paper personal estate plaintiff presence Prob probate court proof provisions question real estate reason reference revocation rule signature signed statement of facts Statute of Frauds subscribing witnesses subsequent sufficient supra Supreme Court testament testamentary capacity testamentary disposition testator testator's testatrix thereof tion trust undue influence valid Vict wife words writing written
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Page 167 - 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 767 - ... 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 503 - ... 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 756 - ... 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 113 - Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the words and expressions hereinafter mentioned, which in their ordinary signification have a more confined or a different meaning, shall in this Act, except where the nature of the provision or the context of the Act shall exclude such construction, be interpreted as follows (that is to say) : the word " will " shall extend to a testament, and to a
Page 373 - 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 483 - 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 251 - 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...
Page 512 - The clause of the federal constitution •which requires full faith and credit to be given in each state to the records and judicial proceedings of every other state applies to the records and proceedings of courts only so far as they have jurisdiction.
Page 21 - These rules are two; the first, that the onus probandi lies in every case upon the party propounding a Will; and he must satisfy the conscience of the Court that the instrument so propounded is the last Will of a free and capable Testator.