Johnson v. Terry
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Geneva. Heard before the Hon. William L. Parks. The bill in this case was filed by Hannah L. Terry, as guardian of I-Iannali L. Johnson, against J. J. Johnson, as executor of the last will and testament of J. E. Johnson, deceased, and the widow and living children of said J. E. Johnson, deceased.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Geneva. Heard before the Hon. William L. Parks. The bill in this case was filed by Hannah L. Terry, as guardian of I-Iannali L. Johnson, against J. J. Johnson, as executor of the last will and testament of J. E. Johnson, deceased, and the widow and living children of said J. E. Johnson, deceased. The purpose of the hill was to have Hannah L. Johnson, as the widow of Louis Johnson, decreed to be entitled to a one-fourth interest in the estate of J. E. Johnson by virtue of succeeding to the interest of said Louis Johnson in the estate of J. E. Johnson,…
1Opinion of the Court
HARALSON, J. —
The only question for review, as admitted by counsel on each side, is, whether Louis J. Johnson, under whom his surviving Avife, Hannah Johnson, the complainant, claims, took under the will of J. E. Johnson, her husband’s deceased father, a vested or contingent estate. If the said Louis took a Aresfed estate thereunder, as the court beloAV held, it is admitted that the decree should be affirmed, but if he acquired only a contingent estate, that it should be reversed. To determine this question, the will of said J. E. Johnson is to be construed. Louis married the complainant, and…
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