Hunt v. Hunt
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. I. The main object of this appeal is to showthat tbe wife did not take absolutely, and bad at most a life interest, coupled, probably, with a limited power of disposal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. I. The main object of this appeal is to showthat tbe wife did not take absolutely, and bad at most a life interest, coupled, probably, with a limited power of disposal. Tbe primary, and decisive question is, was there a trust created by tbe' language quoted ? Although tbe very numerous cases are seemingly contradictory, still, when examined by tbe light of tbe rule as stated by Redfield on Wills (vol. 2, 411), they will be found, on tbe whole, tolerably consistent. Given clear…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Beatty, J.:
In August, 1861, Davis S. Hunt died in Storey county, in this state, leaving a widow, the above named defendant, Jane G. Hunt, and three minor children, who are the plaintiffs herein. By his last will, made in 1859, after directing the payment of his debts, the said Davis S. Hunt disposed of his property as follows:
“Second. I give, devise and bequeath, all the rest and residue of my property, real, personal and mixed, of every kind and nature whatsoever, to mjr beloved wife, Jane G. Hunt, having the fullest confidence in her capacity, judgment, discretion and -…
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