In re the Estate of Merrigan
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Union County. Hton. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. In the matter of the Estate of Patrick W. Merrigan, deceased. From' a portion of a decree of final distribution, Arthur Merrigan, a devisee, appeals. (2) Under point two- of the opinion, Appellant cited: Sec. 1036 Civil Code; 49 Gen. Dig. Wills, 955 and 988; 20 Dec. Digest, 470; 40 Cyc. 1386B; Stewart v. Jones, 219 Mo. 614, 118 S. W. 1, 131 Am.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Union County. Hton. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. In the matter of the Estate of Patrick W. Merrigan, deceased. From' a portion of a decree of final distribution, Arthur Merrigan, a devisee, appeals. (2) Under point two- of the opinion, Appellant cited: Sec. 1036 Civil Code; 49 Gen. Dig. Wills, 955 and 988; 20 Dec. Digest, 470; 40 Cyc. 1386B; Stewart v. Jones, 219 Mo. 614, 118 S. W. 1, 131 Am. St. 595; John Smith, Plaintiff, v. Robert Bell, Defendant, 31 U. S. (6 Peters) 68, 8 L. Ed. 322; Oyster v. Knull, 137 Pa. 448, 20 Atl. 624; St. Paul Sanitarium v. Freeman, 102…
1Opinion of the CourtGates, J.
On April 8, 1889, Patrick W. Merrigan, then a resident of Union county, D. T., made and published his last will as follows (the paragraphing and the paragraph numbers are ours) :
Spink, D. T., April 8th, 1889.
Know ye all by these present that I Patrick W. Merrigan •cl Spink, Union -county, territory of Dakota do hereby make this my last will and testament of all my property and effects to-wit:(1) I bequest all my real estate, stock an-d household goods to Mrs. Margaret Merrigan as long as she remains single.(2) The southwest quarter of section thirty-four in township ninety-four north of range…
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