Legal Opinion

Winn v. Winn

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 12, 1942No. 4 Div. 200PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN, Justice.

Primarily this litigation is to recover the estate of remaindermen after the death of a life tenant.

The property rights of the parties derive from the will of Dr. Colin McSwean, who died in 1910. The will, Items 2 to 8, appear in the report of the case.

For present purposes, we observe, the will named Margaret A. McSwean, wife of the testator, as executrix without bond; devised and bequeathed to her a life estate in all his property, real and personal, ■ subject to payment of debts, with remainder to collateral relatives, named in the will. The will contained three powers, of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Braley v. SpraginsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  2. Powell v. PearsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  3. Young v. SheldonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
  4. Reeves v. TatumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  5. Smith v. CainSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Bell v. KillianSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
  2. Gilmer v. GilmerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  3. Fillmore v. YarbroughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
  4. Morgan County Nat. Bank of Decatur v. NelsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  5. Steele v. Louisville N. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1944

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