Hill v. Hill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Claim. Before Judge Morris. Cobb superior court. March 13, 1919. ' On May 6, 1884, John W. Hill executed to his son, Edward Young Hill, a writing which all parties to the case treat as a deed. All parties likewise agree, at least for the purposes of this ■case, that the deed conveyed all the property therein described to Edward Young Hill for his life, with remainder to his children.' On May 31, 1884, John W. Hill executed his will, and died soon after the making of it.
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Claim. Before Judge Morris. Cobb superior court. March 13, 1919. ' On May 6, 1884, John W. Hill executed to his son, Edward Young Hill, a writing which all parties to the case treat as a deed. All parties likewise agree, at least for the purposes of this ■case, that the deed conveyed all the property therein described to Edward Young Hill for his life, with remainder to his children.' On May 31, 1884, John W. Hill executed his will, and died soon after the making of it. His will was probated in solemn form on January 5, 1885. By separate items of his will the testator devised to his six…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The facts upon which the legal rights of the parties depend are not in dispute. Edward Young Hill took only a life-estate in the specific land devised to him in item six of John W. Hill’s will. He married, and his widow survived him, but no children were born to him. The question is whether the remainder or reversionary interest in the specific property devised to him in the sixth item of the will passed under the residuary clause (item .ten of the will) to the residuary devisee, Benjamin H. Hill, the claimant, or whether it descended, as in ease of…
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