Legal Opinion
Fraser v. Dillon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 23, 1887PublishedCited by 16 opinions
Wills. Estates. Before Judge Adams. Chatham Superior Court. December Term, 1886 Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The questions in this case arose upon a construction of the 6th and 7th items of the will of David R. Dillon. By the 6th item, the testator directed as follows:
“I give and bequeath to Rachel Dillon, • in addition to what she now had given to her during her natural life, lots numbers one, Liberty ward, and improvements, known as the St. Andrew’s Hall, during her natural life, and [after her death, lots numbers one and lots number eleven and twelve, Liberty ward, to Sarah Mousseau and the children of Leonora Pellertier (now deceased), her two children.”
The seventh item is as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Lyon v. AckerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1866
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