Colcord v. Conroy
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Carter, J.:
On May 3rd, 1884, Amanda M. Colcord executed a paper writing purporting to be her last will and testament, whereby she devised and bequeathed to Russell E. Colcord, her son, and to the heirs of his body, all of her “estate, real, personal and mixed, wherever found and wherever situated,” with a proviso that if her said son should die without wife or issue, then the property was devised and bequeathed to the St. Johns Episcopal Church of Jacksonville, to hold to its associates and successors forever. In case her son should die, leaving a wife and no issue, the wife was to be…
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