Alderman v. Cooper

This controversy concerns the Will of the late John Hughes Cooper, a well-known member of the South Carolina Bar, which was admitted to probate in 1945. The Will appointed certain relatives as trustees of testator’s estate and charged all of his property with the payment of monthly income to his brothers and sisters and to their respective spouses during their lives. Upon the death of all of the life beneficiaries (or earlier settlement of the estate as provided by the Will), the remainder of testator’s estate was devised to fourteen nieces and nephews to be equally divided among them.

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