Legal Opinion
Scruggs v. Mayberry
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1915PublishedCited by 27 opinions
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery Conrt of Davidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. —John Allison, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil
William Scruggs died in 1859, after having made his will, which, so far as necessary to quote, reads:
“I give ... to my wife, Margaret, one-half of my landed estate during her natural life. . *591The half of land not given to my wife, I give to Edward Scruggs, son of William and wife Sarah G-., . and the part my wife has while she lives, after her death, to him, said Edward and the heirs,of his body, and if he should die without heirs, then the land I have given him to go to his sister, Lucinda, and her heirs, that is, the heirs of her body.”
In the year 1878 Edward Scruggs executed a deed, which,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Meacham v. GrahamTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. TarwaterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
- Overton v. LeaTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
- Frank v. FrankTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
- Katzenberger v. WeaverTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Hoggatt v. CloptonTennessee Supreme Court · 1919
- Campbell v. Lewisberg & Northern R. R.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1930
- Palmer v. FrenchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
- Eckhardt v. PhillipsTennessee Supreme Court · 1940
- Bynum v. McDowellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1926
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