Hall v. George W. Hall's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the decree of the probate court distributing the estate of George W. Hall; Martha M. Hall, appellant. Heard at the September Term, 1908, Windham County, Miles J., presiding. Judgment affirming the decree of the probate court. The appellant excepted, the opinion states the case. The force of the videlicet ,is not to restrict the estate devised by the preceding words. Stukely v. Butler, Hobart, 171-A; 28 Am. & Eng. Enc.
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Appeal from the decree of the probate court distributing the estate of George W. Hall; Martha M. Hall, appellant. Heard at the September Term, 1908, Windham County, Miles J., presiding. Judgment affirming the decree of the probate court. The appellant excepted, the opinion states the case. The force of the videlicet ,is not to restrict the estate devised by the preceding words. Stukely v. Butler, Hobart, 171-A; 28 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law and Eq. 1st Ed. 452; Smith v. Hastings, 29 Vt. 240; Blake v. Stone, 27 Yt. 475; Gover v. Davis, 29 Beav.222; In re Goodyear, 1 Sw. & Tr. 127; King v. George, L.…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This is an appeal from the decree of the probate court for the district of Westminster distributing the estate of George W. Hall, deceased. Under the will of George W. Hall, certain pieces of his real estate were decreed to his widow, Martha M. Hall, for life, and in county court, on the construction of the will, judgment was rendered affirming the decree of the probate court. The only question made in county court was whether the real estate in question should have been decreed to the widow in fee simple instead of for life. That is the question brought before us by an exception taken to the…
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